Kept up appearances at work today, but very hard to concentrate. Helped Maria with initial research to locate a missing relative for the upcoming funeral.

I was originally scheduled to pick up Maria at the airport this evening. Due to her re-scheduled flight, I briefly considered attending a Happy Hour gathering with folks from work. The same situation in which Laura was last seen alive by her friends. Seeing the young women at work today, I could only think of Laura and of my own daughter. I realized I could not attend the after-work gathering and still pretend nothing was wrong. I have not mentioned this tragedy to my co-workers. Some may read this site, but these back-dated posts won't be released until the weekend.

Instead, I tried to dull the pain of Laura Winterbottom's murder by drinking alone at home. As you might expect, that didn't help.

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