Stairs

Anne chooses to run up the stairs, all 16 flights. She is rather disheveled by the time she emerges, her clothes askew, hair in disarray, and breathing heavily. She can not help but feel smug at the thought that she appears as if she just had sex, and then becomes angry at the thought of how little sex she has had in the past few years. "Those times are behind me," she thinks to herself. Looking around the floor, she sees a spread of cubicles, a water cooler surrounded by several laughing men, and a ring of offices along the walls. She knows that Jared is in one of those offices, as is his boss. She chooses to head towards ...