After dropping the girls off that morning, I decided to check on Cora and Esme.
Yeah, I was slacking a little, but Mendy's strange request had thrown my whole schedule off. Thankfully, my so-called boss, Nala, was understanding. She'd even told me, again, that I didn't need to come in at all as long as she was running TechForge, but staying home doing nothing would've driven me crazy, so I ignored that offer.
I stopped at a red light and turned off the AC. The weather was strangely calm compared to last night. No wind, no snow, just light rain tapping against the windshield. Just a little cold now. The storm itself had passed, but the damage it left behind was obvious. A few buildings had cracked windows, dirty piles of snow were pushed to the sides of the streets, and city workers in bright jackets were trying to clear what they could. Traffic was a complete mess, and I'd already been stuck on the road for almost forty minutes.
