She had to drive three hours to meet the man. Cross the border into Tennessee, then Alabama. It was less like driving to another state and more like driving back in time. She’d taken a sick day for the trip, didn’t want to waste her limited vacation days. She got depressed when she thought about being chained to a desk in her own home. Sometimes she wondered if her coworkers even existed, or if she just chatted with bots all day.
