Chris awoke for work that Friday morning begrudgingly looking over at Lana, who was always sound asleep when he left for work. He threw the covers off, stumbled into the bathroom to heat up the shower while he picked out his clothes - Jeans and a simple black polo shirt would suffice on casual Fridays- and then hopped into the shower to bath.<br/><br/>Getting dressed on the edge of the bed, he remembered he had a luncheon meeting with his Boss, who promised him some good news.  He took his words with a grain of salt.  Good news could mean,  a lighter work load, as in he would get help on some projects, or it could mean, new computers, which would be faster and which would mean his work production was expected to increase.  Just never knew what "Good News" actually meant coming from his Boss.  Brushing his hair and putting on some cologne, Chris kissed his sleeping wife on the cheek, "Love ya Hun" as he tried not to disturb her sleep too much descending the stairs to grab his briefcase and car keys as he headed out the door and into work.<br/><br/>Work was productive, so much so that Chris was consumed with a financial report and didn't notice Kevin his Boss standing in the doorway, looking at his watch.  Chris looked up panicky at the time on his computer, it was 10 past 12.  "Shit, sorry sir.  Didn't realize the time" as he saved the report and quickly followed Kevin to his nice Mercedes, where the two drove across town to have lunch.  Lunch went well, and the news was a pleasant surprise.  Chris would be getting a small, but significant raise.<br/><br/>Once back in the office, Chris was eager to call Lana and tell her the good news. Of course, after 5 rings, the phone went to voicemail, so he left her a quick message:<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>"Hey Hun, so guess who's getting a Raise at work?  Not much, but will definitely help!!  Maybe we can do an  early Dinner out tonight?"</strong></div><br/>It was nearly 2:30 PM, Chris was back in the office and had a few more reports to tidy up, but he had an extra pep in his step and smile on his face with the good news.  He looked at his phone, it was nearly 3 PM and Lana hadn't returned his call.  To make matters worse, His phone was less than 5 % battery life and his office charger wasn't working.  It died a short while later, as Kevin came strolling by his office and gave him the "OK" to wrap up and leave work early.<br/><br/>"You got it" he smiled. "Have a great weekend Sir" he called out, as he went to text Lana that he would be leaving early, but tossed his phone in disappointment on the stack of papers by his computer, when he remembered it had died.<em>"I'll surprise her"</em>he thought as he saved the information on his final report for the day, logged off his computer grabbed his car keys and phone, along with his briefcase and proceeded to head out the door, saying goodbye to the receptionist as he walked proudly to his car, hoping traffic wouldn't be too terrible on the way home.