Meet Jess. While we DO work together, we're more than coworkers. She is a dear friend. Jess moved to DC last year with her husband and their sidekick of a dog, Freddy. We became running buddies, as it's always good to have a friend who runs the same pace as you! The days she is in the office are my favorite days of the week. On an especially cold and rainy Monday, Jess and I made our normal morning trek to get coffee. We'd been out of the office for almost 2 weeks and we had a LOT to catch up on! She'd gone on a cruise for Thanksgiving break, I'd gone to Texas and NYC. We got back to the office with our coffee and resumed or mornings. About 40 minutes later, I was in the middle of a conference call when Jess came into my office a bit stressed and started scanning the floor and my desk. She then walked out. I wasn't at a point where I could figure out what was happening, so just made a point to follow up with her later. I went down to her offi...