Jack glanced around the office. As usual, everyone – including the cute girl from finance – was ignoring him.

Photocopiers hummed, water coolers bubbled. Jack took a deep breath and typed:

Mum, I’m sorry, I can’t cope any more. Goodbye forever.

Then he hit ‘send’ and walked away from his boss’s keyboard.

Mark Farley (mumbletoes.blogspot.com) is attempting to write 1,000,000 words in 2016. Please wish him luck!