Single Player by Elia Winters

Author:Elia Winters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Star

Silas was the first person in the building on Monday morning, which wasn’t surprising, since most of his coworkers like to drag themselves in a little late on the first day of their workweek. With his own tendency to work weekends, it was hard to assess what the first day of his workweek actually was. It generally felt like one continuous workweek. The security guard waved him through, showing the same normal lax level security on any morning, and he rode the elevator up to his lab with an air of anticipation. He had a lot to do today, but he was frazzled and hadn’t slept much the night before, so he felt a little scattered and out of control facing down all of the tasks he had to complete. He wanted them done, and yet he didn’t know what to do when they were done. It was a frustrating cycle.

After dinner with Dee on Saturday, he’d taken her advice and had a day of relaxation on Sunday, which for him meant catching up on journal articles and planning for the week’s work. It wasn’t all that relaxing. He kept thinking about everything he wasn’t accomplishing and had his projects in mind all evening, and hadn’t slept much as a result. Now he felt the aftereffects of only a few hours of sleep. His family wouldn’t have accepted lack of sleep as an excuse, though. His mother would have told him that laziness was no excuse to miss work, and that he was wasting his mental gifts. Her voice echoed in his head as the doors dinged open on his floor. Funny how even all these years after her death, this was what he remembered of her. He didn’t know how to feel about that.

He had two hours of work time before anyone else showed up, two glorious, uninterrupted hours. He settled right in to the spot in front of his computer and started working on construction for his current project.

Only an hour into his peaceful time, though, he saw a shadow in the doorway, and it was Elliot Turner. Elliot’s penchant for showing up in doorways was starting to bother him. “Hi, Silas. You’re here early.”

“Yes. I’m getting a little extra time in right away this week. I thought I would take advantage of the quiet lab before everyone showed up.” He didn’t even look up, hoping Elliot would take the hint and go away. Unlike on Saturday, eventually Elliot did leave.

Despite the early start, his day rapidly went downhill, with none of his work coming together as planned. He snapped at Travis and Pauline throughout the morning, annoyed that he wasn’t succeeding at his tasks. He couldn’t seem to do anything right, and above all, he felt an ominous sense that something terrible was about to happen.

That terrible thing turned out to be Elliot coming up to him, a grave look on his face, about an hour before lunchtime. “Silas, Maria would like to see you in her office.

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