work email to p. rawlings
[The email is sent the day he misses work, in the early afternoon, at which point she is a frazzled mess and has lost one of her shoes.]
Preston,
We missed you at work today. The tax team almost strung me up to sacrifice me to the gods of the IRS, but I found someone in legal and financial to help. I've also seen more the US Tax Code than I ever wanted to, and I think I may have stapled part of one of our copies to a lawyer's jacket, but I could be wrong. That whole stretch of time is a bit hazy.
Anyway, I hope you're just down with a cold and it's nothing serious. In this city, you can never tell. [...] And since you put the offer to me, if you need to talk about anything, I'm here.