I glanced from them to Edi and pleaded for help with my eyes.He cleared his throat and looked at Konni.
“If I could borrow Sophia for a few minutes to go over next week’s schedule…”
Konni sighed.“Fine.We’ll pick up where we left off after this.”
We wouldn’t, but I didn’t say that.Instead, I scooted around Lianna and escaped.
The door closed, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
“Thank you, Edi.”
“Anytime.Is there any follow-up from the marketing meeting?”
“I don’t think so.But if you can think of any work that will keep me away from my desk for the rest of the afternoon, I’d be grateful.”
Edi was the best at what he did.He delegated to Bomir and Marius and whisked me off to other departments to coordinate the information for next week's meeting.
I didn’t return to my desk until ten minutes before it was time to go.
“If you want to leave early, you can,” Edi said.“You came in early.”
“Thanks.”I grabbed my purse and headed out.
I called Uncle Jay on the way home just to check in.My replacement was working out well, including keeping up with the drink posts.Business was a little better lately, proving the posts were attracting more people, along with the mystery-shot pyramid, which was being used as a drinking game for groups.
“When are you coming back?”he asked.
“Probably not for a while.I seem to be making more enemies than friends, and I’d like to keep Lunar as my fallback if I have to quit.That means not bringing my drama to your door before then.”
“If it’s that bad, you should quit anyway.Become my business partner.”
“That’s sweet, but Lunar is yours.I’ll build something of my own like Mom did, but better.”
“I know you will, Sophie-girl.I should go.New guy is still learning the setup and prep.”
I was still thinking about the mess at work when I walked into the house thirty minutes later.
“That’s not a happy face,” Mom said.
“Long day.How about you?”
“A good one.I got a call back from one of my past coworkers and have lunch planned for tomorrow to catch up.”
“That’s good news.”I bent to untie my sneakers and wrinkled my nose at the thought of my abandoned shoes.“We might have company tonight.”
“Oh?Who?”
“Either Mr.Steele or his driver.We went to a construction site this morning, and I forgot my shoes in his car.”
She got up and looked at the ones I was taking off.
“Where did those come from?”
“His trunk.”
“He just happened to have brand new shoes your size in his trunk?”
“I’m trying not to think about that.”
