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box.  A sudden restructure that only affected a few people in the organisation, her and some other deadwood they were better off without.
    “Your flight details for Singapore,” Martha said as she laid an envelope on her desk. 
    “Oh.  T hank you,” she said to Martha’s retreating back.
    Angelica popped over the divider separating their desks.  “You’re going?”
    “Looks like.”
    “That is so awesome.  Why can’t I go on business trips to warm tropical islands?  Where is the justice in the world ?”
    “Well, if it makes you feel better, I anticipate that it is going to be fraught with tension and hard work.”
    “You’re just saying that to make me feel better.”
    Jane wished she was, but she had so much to do over the next few weeks, she was pretty sure she wasn’t going to even notice her surroundings.  She opened the envelope and pulled out the printed document with her flight details.  It was a few days away.  She needed to call her young cousin who would love a few weeks away from her university flat to house and cat sit.
    “You need to buy a swimsuit,” Angelica said.  “A bikini.  They’re on sale at the moment.”
    “Not sure I’m going to get the chance to go swimming.”
    “Then you need to make time.  Do you want me to take you shopping?”
    I would probably rather go to the dentist, Jane thought.  “No, that’s ok.”
     
    Many of the people working on the bid left for Singapore the next day, while Jane stayed on.  She worked non-stop to write the document for the partnership proposal process.  It would have to be a quick turnaround because they needed to have it settled before they could finalize the larger bid for the bridge project.  She could not slow them down; they would just ignore her and her process completely if she took too long. 
    She pretty much stayed at her desk until it was time to go to the airport.  She spent most of the flight putting the document together.  After a few hours, she just couldn’ t continue as he brained seemed to turn to putty.  Instead she tried watching a movie she couldn’t follow, until she just fell asleep and was awoken to find a breakfast tray in front of her.
    It was dark outside when she arrived, she wasn’t entirely sure what she was doing or where she was going, she just followed the crowd through the huge bustling airport, through passport control, picked up her bag and again followed the crowd through the exit.
    The heat hit her like a wave, it almost left her breathless.  It took a bit of time to get a taxi, but she finally hopped in one and luckily the driver knew where the hotel was.   She’d be completely lost if he didn’t.  Then she just sat and watched the lights of the city pass her by as the taxi took her wherever it was she was going.  The buildings seemed to get taller as they went along, or maybe she was just getting sleepier.
    She was almost asleep again by the time the taxi pulled into the entrance of a hotel.  A huge fountain stood in the middle of a circle of tall glass buildings.  A porter took her bags and asked her if she was checking in.  She stared at him for a few seconds before she seemed to get her brain to work.  She needed to sleep, she’d only gotten a few hours on the plane and not enough the night before as she had worked until well past midnight.  It was three in the morning back home and she felt like utter crap.
    The petite Singaporean lady at the desk smiled at her as she checked her in.  Jane couldn’t confirm exactly how long she was staying, but the woman seemed to be able to cope with that, for which Jane was grateful because she could not handle complicated questions at the moment.
    She made her way to the elevator and it took her high up into the building.  Her room was dark, but the full glass wall and the lights of the city provided enough light so Jane didn’t bother turning any on.  She brushed her teeth and crawled into the starched bed sheets and fell