While many funeral directors were honest and transparent with the families they served, LA knew that not everyone was. He wanted to help empower families and make sure they were as prepared as they could be for what was usually one of the worst days in their lives.
Penny applauded LA’s compassion.
Local funeral homes, including the one LA had worked at, hated it.
Which, in LA’s opinion, meant he’d definitely done the right thing.
Anna’s talent in computers was vital in the creation of several new programs to help them organize patients and their respective death certificate information. Between her skills and LA’s knowledge, they’d been able to create a functioning system for processing decedent information in just a few days. They were still working out a few bugs, like what to do when a patient legally didn’t have a last name, but Penny had been beyond thrilled with their progress.
It was nice to have a grateful boss who was patient, kind, and praised easily and often.
As far as coworkers went, Anna was great too. She was very curious, worked hard, and had a quirky sense of humor. She was more than a touch anxious at times though, so LA had taken it upon himself to help her be more assertive and confident.
In some ways, she reminded LA a bit of himself.
LA didn’t think he’d ever had such a positive working environment, especially one that was Monday to Friday, with weekends and holidays off. He would always miss embalming, he knew that, but he was happy.
There was a little tap on LA’s shoulder.
LA spun around to find Cass in his human form standing behind him. “Hey!”
“Hi! Hello!” Cass gushed. “You look so very cute working so hard!”
“What are you doing here?” LA laughed as he stood and kissed Cass in greeting. “I get off in, like, five minutes.”
“Ah, I’m afraid I am early then. I have plans to whisk you away. For a surprise. But it is not a surprise now.” Cass hummed. “Well, thesurprisestill is. A surprise, I mean. Just not that you have one.”
LA snorted out a laugh. “Right. Because that’s not mysterious or weird at all.”
Cass giggled. “I can promise you that the surprise is not weird or mysterious!”
“Well, damn. I only like weird and mysterious surprises.”
Cass pouted. “I know you’re messing with me.”
“Aw, come here.” LA gave him another kiss.
Anna cleared her throat noisily. “You know, you could go ahead and leave. Like, right now.”
“Three minutes early?” LA gasped. “Can you imagine the horrible scandal? What would our boss say?”
“She’d say it’s all right with her,” Penny teased from the open doorway.
“Oh! Hey, Mrs. Penny.” LA waved.
“Hi there!” Cass waved too, much more excitedly.
Penny stepped inside the office to greet them with a hug. “You two go on and get out of here. Anna and I will be right behind you.”
LA hesitated. “If you’re sure. I was just joking—”
“It’s fine.” Penny swatted at him. “Go on. It’s the weekend. You two have a good night!”
LA hurried over to shut down his computer and grab his water bottle. “Thank you, Mrs. Penny! Thanks, Anna! See you guys on Monday!”
Anne waved. “Bye, guys! Enjoy your weird surprise! And oh, don’t forget to check outExpedition Unknown!”
Cass tilted his head. “Does it have Alan Tudyk?”
