For all of the beating himself up that Leo had done over calling in sick, specifically on the heels of a long weekend, he was surprised that nobody seemed to mind. Mostly, he just got a lot of questions about how he was doing now, and comments about how he must have been nearly dead to call in at all. On one hand, it was nice to know that his coworkers and bosses trusted him enough to not only believe him, but also be genuinely concerned about him; on the other hand, the guilt was a little heavy to carry. Only a little, though. It seemed, surprisingly enough, that work really could carry on without him. Regardless, he put in an extra hour at the end of the day just to satisfy some kind of karma balance, which meant it was after four when he left, which, in turn, meant that a whole pile of
