Prelude to Vacation II

And she couldn't believe her eyes when she thought she saw "You should not have taken leave..." mouthed to her.

Perturbed, she could not understand why a vacation would be frowned upon when the week was officially The Vacation Week.  Double standard? she wondered.  It was then that she realised that she was the only one who bore the brunt of the animosity for the same hostility was not dished out to the guy who was also going away the following week.

This isn't fair, she thought.  Almost immediately, as she remembered what she was told the previous week, she relented.  As indignant as she had felt, she made a mental note to herself that she would do a good job of her share of the project, and not have tongues wagging at her, mouthing "I just knew it..."

No, I'll have none of those, she decided.