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“Thanks Maddie And you’re right I didn’t Question is… how are you gonna make it up to me?”
I drank the last of the water as he spoke
“Make it up to you?” I asked
“Yeah Did you conveniently forget about otten the part I mean?”
I thinned my lips as he finished The truth was I felt terrible about what I’d said to hih, Trevor had ed to surprise me And for once, it wasn’t in a bad way I had a suspicion I would still regret what I was about to say, but I went ahead with it
“Okay, Trevor Um, can I call you later this week? I’m just busy with a bunch of stuff at the office I really shouldn’t even be here right now”
Trevor shoved hirin splashed across his face
“Maddie, you have no idea how happy this s settle down a bit”
After an uneasy hug goodbye, I thanked Trevor once again for the audition and of course, the part As I drove back across town, I felt as though I ought to be happier When it ca the part, I was Yet, h he’d assured me it wasn’t the case, I had ive ive him another chance
For now, I’d have to trust him and hope for the best
GREY
After a brief period of relative noraps between the ti back to me widened as each day passed To make matters worse, Carmen wouldn’t fess up However, unlike the last ti she wasn’t bullshittingwhen she wasn’t around the office
And let oddamn deal breaker for me
Not only that, but e Maddie did to the business to a much darker suspicion Of course I didn’t think that was likely, but she’d been desperate recently and goddamn emotional And in my experience, an elected one
Oftentimes, even more so
In any case, it wasn’t so I could prove at the moment, so in practical terms it didn’t matter What did matter to me was the continued lack of focus Maddie dedicated to the business, an undertaking she’d convinced me to invest in, and I’d be damned if I’d stand by and watch her piss my money away
No chance
Before leaving the office that afternoon, I picked up the phone to give her one more try To my surprise, she picked up the phone instead of Carmen
“Well, hello there” I said “Cat got your tongue again?”
“Hey!” she replied with a chipper tone in her voice Frankly, herdour, she seenored it for theact
“What’s going on with you? Why haven’t you been returning my calls?”
“I’ by it I’ve been busy That’s all”
She sounded sincere but soh she hadn’t coood idea of what the probleht be
You see, since ether a plan to delegate a larger portion of the office ement to Carmen I wanted to free Maddie’s time up so we could expand the business into other cities around the country We’d done so well in Los Angeles, I’d beco the success in other major metro areas would be a lay-down deal
My guess was she’d been dragging her feet I suspected as much, since she didn’t seem too enthusiastic about the idea when I proposed it That didn’t matter to me This was the best plan and the only way for the business to grow I’d drag her along kicking and screauide, that’s exactly what I’d have to do
“So,” I said, as I sat in s stand with the transition plan?”
“H to me
“Maddie,” I said in a firm tone
The sound of ht her attention back to our conversation
“What?” she said “I’”
I clenched my jaw in response to her attitude “No, you aren’t, Maddie Now have you gotten the transition plan together or not?”
“Yes,” she replied “I was just finishing it up when you called”