Mary had been working with Chris in the same team for several years, your entire company was on friendly terms, you knew each other well. The management assigned marymanuel and Chris to one task, now you sat together in a stuffy office, talking about the implementation tasks.

It was soon approaching evening outside, but it was May, so it was light and hot, the windows were wide open, and the air conditioning had been running for several hours. There were empty bottles of water on the tables