Breath of fresh air

Marie stared at Anna as she walked into the elevator. She was dressed in a formal, blue gown and a red-bottom three inches heel. Her hair was packed up tightly into a bun, and it was so firm that it looked like she had been drafted to fight at a war front. Marie was taken aback, because Anna was the last person she would expect to see, and wanted to see in this situation of hers.

The most striking thing about Anna’s appearance was the smudge of her lipstick across her lips. She always wore bold red lipstick, so it was very obvious that the lipstick was smudged.

“Had she and Drey been making out?”

“Or did she accidentally rub it off on a surface?”

“But, she is coming from the direction of his office?”

A million thoughts ran through Marie’s head in that split second that she almost did notice that Anna nodded her head as if to either green or thank her for waiting. Marie, in turn, also nodded her head once in response to her greeting or whatever that was. The elevator closed, and both o