Whoosh.

The answer was absurdly simple.

By 5:58 PM, two minutes early, she hit Send on the report. She watched the email whoosh away.

And from that day on, whenever a junior colleague whispered about Henderson’s dreaded drop-bys, Elena would lean in and say, “Let me show you something.”

Henderson appeared one last time. “Status?”

But it did.

Click. Sigh. Click.

Elena let out a breath she hadn’t known she was holding. Then, a grin spread across her face. She experimented. showed the desktop instantly. Alt + Tab let her dance between hidden windows. Windows Key + M minimized everything all at once—a nuclear option for nosy managers.