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“itsapparentlythehotneer.”
herolledhiseyes.“tacky.”
hollysled.“thatsightbeeetings,butthisishappeniysoon.”
“iuand.thatsagreatidea,holly.illgetoheladsontoit.”
hollysledhappilyandstoodupfroerchair.“bythethatgardensortedyet”
chrisfroedoeitllstsixgrandtodo.”
“wooney.”
“sabiggarden,sotheyhaveapoint.alotofobedone.”
“hecheapestquote”
“fiveandahalfgrand,why”
“becausebrotherforfive,”sheblurtedout.
“five”hiseyesnearlypoppedoutofhishead.“thatstheloiveheardyet.isheanygood”
“reeritoldyougardenwasajungle”
henodded.
“sajunglenolonger.hedidagreatjobonit,buttheonlythingisthathelonger.”
“forthatpriarehotakes.haveyougothisbusinesscardhyou”
“eh...yeah,holdonandillgetit.”shestolesoiressivelookingaliberinfancyallregleshape,kingitappearlikeabusinesscard.
“thatsgreat,”chrissaid,readingit.“ithinkillgivehiow.”
“nono,”hollysaidquieasiertorroohiseyeballstoday.”
“rightso;thanks,holly.”shestartedtoheadtohedoorandstoppedtoher,“oh,bytheing”
“ithesubjectsileaedatschool.”
chrislaughed.“areyoustillonthatlevel”
“sureiuldpurchaseathesaurus.”
“good,becauseineedyoutoverthatlaunchthingontuesday.”
“oh”
“iyself,soihavetorelyonyou.”heshuffledsopapersonhisdesk.“illsehephotographersdohyou;getafesofthesandandthebikinis.”
“oh...ok.”hollysheartraced.
“hohundredwordssound”
iossible,shethought.asfarasshekne,”shesaidlyandbackedoutthedoor.********,shethoughttoherself;hohopullthisoneoffsheuldntevenspellproperly.
shepickedupthephoneandpressedredial.
“hogans.”
“danielnnelly,please.”
“o.”
“dontputon...”
“greensleeves”started.
“hold,”shefinished.
“hello”
“das,”shesaidquickly.
“ealone,”heteased.
“no,ineedhelp.”
“iknonotqualifiedforthat,”helaughed.
“noseriously,intiohatlaunchtoeditoraoverit.”
“ohbrilliant.youfetaboutthatadso”helaughed.
“no,notbrilliaoeit.”
“thatsgreatnews,holly.”
“noitsnot,ite,”shepanicked.
“ohreallythatainsubjeschool.”
“ohdaniel,pleasebeseriousforanute...”
“ok,etodo”
“ineedyoutotellabsolutelyeverythingyouknothisdrinkandthelaunchsoistartingitnoo.”
“yes,justoe,sir,”heyelledathephone.“lookholly,ireallyhavetogetbacktoworknow.”
“please,”shepered.
“oklisten,edoyoufinishwork”
“six.”shetohelpher.
“ok,earousix,andilltakeyousoohaveabite”
“oh,thankyousoch,daniel.”shejuedaroundherofficehrelief.“youreastar”
shehungupthephonehappilyahedasighofrelief.ybethereaokeepherjob.thenshefrozeasshebackovertheioninherhead.
hadshejustagreedtogoonadatehdaniel
thirtynine
hollyuldntnoresloessagesfroerrysheopenedherbagforthellionthtithatdaytodoubleeriguedbythisoheenvelope.shebeingthatagain,aersosheuldreadit,shehdaniel.
atsixoiled,reeringthateto.ifshestillhadgerryhhershethedoor.
shelistenedasafepanotherloadonherdeskjustsosheillionsoftis,soethingind.thereethinginhisvoiaadeherfeeluneasyaboutetingup.shefeltsoguiltyandashadfoingout,ariedtonvinoresherealizedthatthateohosepeopleenandlifeingeneralhsharonanddenise,hwasgirlsbusiness.
shesloputerandpackedherbriefulouscare.everythingshedidotion,asthoughthathavingtohavedinnerhdaniel.shehitherselfoverthehead...itwasabusinessdinner.
“hey,doyourselfup
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