Eric raced through the bustling streets, his steps quick and uneven. Gerald's voice over the phone still echoed in his mind, sharp, urgent, laced with an intensity Eric had never once heard from the composed division leader. That alone had set him on edge.
Gerald is not one to lose his cool over nothing. If Eric taking the day off was the problem, he would have been contacted since morning and asked to resume with immediate effect.
However, the call came in the afternoon when 6 to 7 hours of work resumption had gone by in a flash.
Then they decided to reach out to him? It didn't feel right.
It took him roughly twenty minutes to reach Upstate and dash into the Second Division headquarters. The moment he swung the door open, his chest rose and fell in rapid succession as he gasped for air.
"Huff! Huff! I-I'm here!" Eric stumbled into the room, one hand on his knee, the other bracing against the wall as he fought to steady his breath.
