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“I thought I was going to be able to do that, but I can’t My fas from them It’s especially hard to do that in this particular situation considering ork together and most of my family is there with us,” he said

“So, what do you want to do?” I asked “Put out a bulletin in the company newsletter that we had sex in my office?”

“I don’t think it needs to go that far,” he said “I know this isn’t the easiest situation for you, either But just hear ot swept up and made an impulsive decision Instead, we put a spin on it”

“A spin?” I asked

“Yes We say we had a fling Present it as there was so there and we ether, but then we both realized it wasn’t going to go anywhere, so we let it drop It’s not a big deal, and we’re perfectly fine with each other There aren’t any hard feelings or issues between us,” he said “We just get it all out in the open, and that e’re not trying to hide anything or going behind anybody’s back”

I thought about that for a few seconds That actually didn’t sound so bad But there were still soed

“Isn’t that going to cause proble with his e?” I asked

Quentin shook his head

“No The company doesn’t have any rules about fraternization That’s actually a throwback to when my father owned it He always had the joke that because he owned the co, he couldn’t have rules against intra-office relationships because then he’d have to fire hi with his wife”

Finally, I nodded

“That could definitely work,” I agreed “I’ve actually been wanting to tell my best friend about it, just because like you said, I didn’t want to just have it all locked up inside But I decided against it because I didn’t really knoould co to put that spin on it, then it’s fine”

We talked for another few seconds, then headed back I felt better as alked together toward the party, ready to send the teae sense of weight being lifted off of me Up until thatshocked and a little dis It didn’t occur toable to talk to anyone about it was a proble to Olivia was unusual, but only because I talked to her about everything

Now that Quentin and I had talked, though, I realized it was getting toa way to talk about it openly, and just knohat to say about it if anyone was to confront me about it, seemed like it would help At least noas prepared and not in soround where my official stance was that it just didn’t happen at all Really thinking about it, that all felt a bit too UFO-classified-files to me, and it was much more natural to be able to tell people without the weirdness

It was also a relief just to hear hi any rules I’d never worked for a company that didn’t clearly and intensely lay out restrictions for e, especially if it involved people at different levels of the hierarchy That’s what scared ulations put ainst policy, whichme preferential treatment, either of which would be aard

After the emotion, tension, and eventual tremendous relief of the talk with Quentin, I didn’t have nearly asdozens of motorcycles fly around the track didn’t have the sas out in the open and finalizing that things were really going to work out That alht down to the performance of the team

The first race of the season was al like that and felt right on the edge froines roared, and the bikes took off fro were almost flawless in their runs and battled to the very end, creating an almost painful amount of anticipation that kept me on my feet