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My ears buzzed and I felt as though I was surrounded by hot black mud, from which I couldn’t escape. Mr Mc Laine’s welcome wasn’t as cold as I had expected, perhaps because he simply ignored me, and didn’t answer my greeting. Throughout the morning he pretended that I wasn’t there, and I was overcome by unhappiness.

“Shit! This damn computer!” He punched the table, one inch away from the computer.

I tried to talk naturally. “Is something wrong?”

He sneered, without looking at me. “Something? Everything’s wrong. Everything.”

I waited in silence for him to explain.

“It stopped working, damn it!” He pointed to the computer, his tone full of bitterness.

I clumsily walked to his side, in an attempt to help him, even though my technological knowledge was very limited.

He didn’t object when I bent to look at the screen. I felt his eyes on me, and his breath was so close that I could feel its warmth on my cheek.

I got up as quick as a cheetah, and I went back to my side of the desk, stumbling over my own feet.

“Do you want me to call a technician?” I suggested weakly.

“First try turning the light on, please.”

My fingers pressed the light switch several times, with no results. “There’s a black out.”