Also figured I’d have a minute to recover in the vast executive lobby before finding my way to her office. While recovering, I couldn’t help but notice the gleaming tile beneath my feet, contrasting against my work shoes encrusted with sidewalk salt. Such details seldom crossed my mind, but the sort of people who worked up there lived and died for such details. Leila strayed up to the far wall, a jewel against the void, and glanced back over her shoulder with chagrin. I’d worked that case a few weeks ago, but it felt more like years.