She sat in her car and slammed the door with a loud thud. That thud quietened the storm inside her mind and the world outside. She tilted her head on the headrest and closed her eyes. She felt a numbness in her body and peace spreading from head to toe.

She wanted to hide from everybody, disappear in the bright red color of her car. The day was spent with fake smiles and soulless chores, how she needed a break. She never smoked but now realised the value of smoking breaks in corporate offices. Her office was turning into same. Everybody was turning into robots, playing with each other's emotions, wanting to climb the stairs of success by pinning their high heels into bodies of other colleagues. A tear...