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I didn’t respond rightaway.
“Did you hearme?”
“Yes. I heard you. I never felt on the hook,Vivian.”
“I’m sure youdidn’t.”
“What does that—what is going on withyou?”
“Nothing. I have to go. Listen, I’m…when everything blows over, I hope we can be friends again. I don’t want to lose touch like we did before. But I don’t think I can see you for a while. Bye,Brad.”
Silence.
“What do you mean for a while?...Vivian? When what blowsover?”
Silence.
She’d hungup.
Someone knocked on my office door, startling me. I opened it immediately, thinking it would be Vivian standing there, telling me she was just kidding—psych!
It wasn’tVivian.
It was Marnie, telling me that we had a surprise drop-in from a potential investor. I had to get into business-mode immediately to show him around the gym and dazzle him with my fit body and sound mind. I would have to have the briefest, quietest, most efficient meltdown in the history ofmeltdowns.
I told Marnie to give me one minute, shut the door, and silent-screamed: “WHAT. THE.FUUUUUUUUUUCK?!”
I punched at theair.
Why tell me that she lovesme?
Was she just messing withme?
Is that the adult version of practicekissing?
Yeah, I guess itis.
Did her ex showup?
Did she change her mind abouthim?
Did she meet someonenew?
Did she decide her hot new body needed to get out there and experience newpeople?
What.
The.
Fuck is it about Orcas Island that makes her want to dropme?!
I can’t believe this ishappening.
Again.
