34
Tiff
Sam had more integrity in his little finger than Pierce could ever even hope to have.He didn’t deserve this.
If only I’d punched him.
If only I’d quit sooner.
If only I’d kept my mouth shut at that damn dinner.
Fuck.It was one thing to run my mouth when it only affected me, but this was Sam’s chance to start over, and I’d just gone and messed it up because I couldn’t handle a little worm like Stephen Pierce for five minutes.
“Sam.I’m so sorry.”
“You have nothing to apologize for.”
But that was a big, fat lie, and we both knew it.
I’d have to make this right.I wasn’t sure how exactly (the thought of apologizing to Pierce was the equivalent of ripping off my fingernails), but there had to be something.Some way to help Sam kiss the collective asses of the bar elite and get them back onside.
I excused myself and started thinking.I was fucking capable woman.I had to know a way to fix this.
Two phone calls and one favor later, I had a solution.
“Thanks, Diego.This means a lot.”
“Hey, I’m the one who owed you, so no skin off my nose.It’s just, are you sure this is how you wanna call this even?I know we talked about getting you a column here, but that’s off the table if we go ahead with the interview.Is this worth more to you than that?”
It was disappointing to lose out on a job opportunity, but there’d be more, right?Sam deserved a strong shot at making this work and not having Stephen fucking Pierce punishing him for my carelessness.
“Yeah, Diego.It is.”
“Ok, if you’re sure.But you’re still my number one go-to for recommendations.You know, if you wanted to, you could just start tweeting this stuff, and you’d find a following.”
My eyes found the ceiling.Even Diego was getting in on this now?“You know I’m an acquired taste.Not sure my special brand of sweet and salty can come through in text.”
“Then film it.Come on.Tiff.Media is changing.There's a million different platforms you could use to share this stuff.Make TikToks, get on Twitch, whatever you want.But trust me, you've got a voice people would listen to."
Everyone but Pierce.“I’ve got a voice that makes a lot of people angry."
He laughed.“Sometimes that's even better."
