“Okay, thanks Pearl.” Taking the run would be too much of a risk without additional information. He would call the computer company and see if they could find out what was wrong with the reservation program, and he would ask his buddy to take his flight. As luck would have it, Jason walked in the door right then to get his tour schedule for the day.
“Hey man, I have a favor to ask,” Alex queried.
“Anything boss! What is it?”
“I need you to take my run on Sunday. I’ll take a run for you on Monday.”
“Sure! You have a hot date or something?” Jason joked.
“Yeah right, that boy wouldn’t know a hot date if it bit him on the butt,” Pearl chimed in. She’d been trying to find a woman for him for the two years he’d lived there and he just wouldn’t cooperate. He was stubborn and he was still madly in love with his ex-girlfriend.
Alex just ignored her comment. If he didn’t love the old bat so much, she would have been out of a job the day after he’d inherited the business. Well, maybe not, after all, she was his aunt, and his uncle had requested she be well taken care of. Besides, he kind of loved her.
“Actually, Jason, I am hoping to avoid running into an old hot date,” Alex informed his best friend. He was looking right at Pearl when he said it, hoping to give her a hint. All he saw was a glint in her eyes. Uh oh, that could mean big trouble.
“Okay back to work slackers!” Alex replied in his grumpiest boss voice.
Jason and Pearl just laughed and did as he said.
Olivia Mannon woke reeling from a dream. A dream that told her it was once again time to move on. It was actually two dreams, each a night apart, that always let her know it was time to make a change in her life. One was a nightmare that she could never remember and the other was a dream about someone she used to know.
She sat up in bed. “Jeff, get up. It’s time for you to go.”
“I don’t have to be to work for another two hours,” he mumbled from underneath a pillow.
“No, I mean it’s time for you to go. For good,” she stressed. “I don’t think we should see each other anymore!” A little harsh but sometimes that is how she had to do things to get her point across.
“Just like that? I thought things were good for us.” He was sitting up now too.
“Yeah well, I’ve decided to turn over a new leaf after I get back from vacation, so bye-bye,” she said as she got out of bed.
Jeff grabbed his clothes from the previous day and quickly dressed. Gathering the few other belongings he had there, he threw them into his gym bag and made his way to the door. As he walked out of the bedroom, he left Olivia with one final thought. “You know, everyone is right about you. You are a bitch!”
Several seconds later she heard the front door slam. Sighing, she put her bathrobe on and went to join her twin brother Jackson in the kitchen for coffee.
“You know, he’s right, you are a bitch,” Jackson echoed. His head was buried in a newspaper and his right hand was wrapped around a coffee mug.
“Yeah, well at least I haven’t been acting like an over emotional twit for a week like you have,” she bit back.
Jackson threw his newspaper down and looked at his twin with hurt in his eyes. Standing up, he took his coffee mug to the sink and walked away from her. A few seconds later, she heard his bedroom door slam.
Great, she’d just hurt her greatest ally. Was she really that much of a bitch? Yeah, she probably was. She had been ever since…forget it, she was happy and successful, and that was all that mattered.
“Hey man, I have a favor to ask,” Alex queried.
“Anything boss! What is it?”
“I need you to take my run on Sunday. I’ll take a run for you on Monday.”
“Yeah right, that boy wouldn’t know a hot date if it bit him on the butt,” Pearl chimed in. She’d been trying to find a woman for him for the two years he’d lived there and he just wouldn’t cooperate. He was stubborn and he was still madly in love with his ex-girlfriend.
Alex just ignored her comment. If he didn’t love the old bat so much, she would have been out of a job the day after he’d inherited the business. Well, maybe not, after all, she was his aunt, and his uncle had requested she be well taken care of. Besides, he kind of loved her.
“Actually, Jason, I am hoping to avoid running into an old hot date,” Alex informed his best friend. He was looking right at Pearl when he said it, hoping to give her a hint. All he saw was a glint in her eyes. Uh oh, that could mean big trouble.
“Okay back to work slackers!” Alex replied in his grumpiest boss voice.
Jason and Pearl just laughed and did as he said.
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Olivia Mannon woke reeling from a dream. A dream that told her it was once again time to move on. It was actually two dreams, each a night apart, that always let her know it was time to make a change in her life. One was a nightmare that she could never remember and the other was a dream about someone she used to know.
She sat up in bed. “Jeff, get up. It’s time for you to go.”
“I don’t have to be to work for another two hours,” he mumbled from underneath a pillow.
“No, I mean it’s time for you to go. For good,” she stressed. “I don’t think we should see each other anymore!” A little harsh but sometimes that is how she had to do things to get her point across.
“Just like that? I thought things were good for us.” He was sitting up now too.
“Yeah well, I’ve decided to turn over a new leaf after I get back from vacation, so bye-bye,” she said as she got out of bed.
Jeff grabbed his clothes from the previous day and quickly dressed. Gathering the few other belongings he had there, he threw them into his gym bag and made his way to the door. As he walked out of the bedroom, he left Olivia with one final thought. “You know, everyone is right about you. You are a bitch!”
Several seconds later she heard the front door slam. Sighing, she put her bathrobe on and went to join her twin brother Jackson in the kitchen for coffee.
“You know, he’s right, you are a bitch,” Jackson echoed. His head was buried in a newspaper and his right hand was wrapped around a coffee mug.
“Yeah, well at least I haven’t been acting like an over emotional twit for a week like you have,” she bit back.
Jackson threw his newspaper down and looked at his twin with hurt in his eyes. Standing up, he took his coffee mug to the sink and walked away from her. A few seconds later, she heard his bedroom door slam.
Great, she’d just hurt her greatest ally. Was she really that much of a bitch? Yeah, she probably was. She had been ever since…forget it, she was happy and successful, and that was all that mattered.
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