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That’s my cue

“I’et back to it Don’t stay too late today”

“Not planning on it Once Ada on, we’ll be heading out until next year”

I lean down and give her a quick hug “Be safe tonight”

“We will And let oes with Mr Personality”

I stand up straight and clutch inary pearls “Excuse you His name is New Year’s Steve”

Meg smacks her palm on her face and shakes her head “Of course it is Good bye Felicity” She singsongs me aith a wave of her hand and I make a mental note to ask her later about the snowflakes painted on her fingernails

They’re cute I ht need some for my tootsies

The clickety clack of keyboards greet h the bank of cubicles A little further down, there are several offices Male voices drift out of one of the with his crisis

Seriously, what kind of crisis could a player be having on New Year’s Eve? It’s got to be a PR issue As e on Meg’s evening, it’s probably reality shoorthy I should keep an eye on the celebrity gossip news today

Actually no No, I should not follow any for to have will be in this office sitting at ne And I already know Skeeter would stand me up

Reinvigorated with motivation, I book it to finish up my task Holidays wait for no woman, and I’ll be damned if I miss this one4HarrisonI slow , hands onin front ofoutside at the end of Dece for a distraction froht

It didn’t work

Now I’ becausefrom the cold I should have stuck to the treadmill

“Did you have a nice run, sir?”

I lift my head to see Fritz, possibly the world’s nicest door next toup

“It was cold, that’s for sure”

“I can ilass door open for me like we’ve done thousands of tireat way to end the old year and ring in the new”