Elsie had been slowly dreading this conversation almost as much as she had speaking with her mother. Her job was something she had worked hard to get and even harder to keep. Not to mention it was a part of her life she thoroughly enjoyed.

This had to be done though. The waddle was getting too noticeable and though she had managed to hide the pregnancy itself at work for a while now, she couldn't hide it much longer. Elsie took a deep breath and knocked on Mr. Ainsworth's office door. "Excuse me sir, do you have a moment?"

It was now or never and she rather thought that she had to do it now or it really would be never and she'd be delivering a baby in the stacks because she couldn't muster the courage to tell her boss.