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She nods

“I share very little about my personal life, but I’ll tell you this: I met someone incredible and if I don’t pull a date out ofto hit the fan and she’s going to hate me forever”

I leave out the part where I gave Felicity a fake name, pretended not to know her e met, pretended to be a janitor, and told her there is a date at the end of this road we’re on

A good one

A ro in the new year

She won’t be kissing me when the ball drops if Sheila doesn’t helpmy face

Not that she seems like the violent type

“You knoould be neat,” Sheila finally says “Have you ever seen that movie where the little kid plays matchmaker for his dad?”

I stare, clueless

“The kid calls into a radio show about his dad being single and hoants him to meet someone?”

The receptionist is glaring at usted that I haven’t any idea whatthis letter to this woman named Annie and tells hi on Valentine’s Day” She pauses “Or so like that, I don’t know, it’s been years”

“So… you wantseveral states away?” My eyes practically bug out of my skull Is Sheila insane?

“No, you chu” She smiles, hit with a memory “I once had a date set up a picnic lunch up top, but that was the 90s when al Granted, he really only wanted to get in et Like Rose on the Titanic”

Jesus, I didn’t need to be re with men, nor did I need to know our rooftop patio was defiled back when I was playing hide-and-seek up there with some of the board members’ kids If I didn’t need a shower before, I feel the need to scrub more than once Who knohat these hands have touched up there

“You do know Jack would have fit on that raft” I can’t help pointing out the obvious, rin “He didn’t have to die”

She is not amused “Do you want my help or not?”

“Yes”

“Then pick up that phone and call Tiets to show up for work, and I’m pretty sure I saw him on the tenth floor earlier when I went down for a donut”

“Do you ever sit at your actual desk?”

“Rarely” She shoots a look at my phone