Joan!

Joanna was about to respond but the clanging of high heels coming from inside the building interrupted their conversation.

Audrey's worried stares turned murderous at an instant when she saw the one coming out of the building.

With head and shoulders held high Doris walked past them. Even though she had any grievances with her friends not being around she dared not utter a word to them.

Audrey diverted her attention back to Joanna after Doris was gone.

"What is he gonna do…,"

"I don't know what happened. Before I got there Mr Aidan had already finished addressing the issue. He wasn't there" Joanna said, not able to hide her anxiety.

"Mr Aidan was done addressing the issue so quickly?" Audrey muttered in astonishment as she released Joanna's hand.