Page 137 of Opposites (Never) Attract
Amity: So, you’re going to take the partnership?
Me: Of course. It’s what I’ve been working towards this entire time.
I glanced at my monitor again.
10:41.
Yes, of course I was going to take it. At 10:58 exactly, I was going to get up from my desk and take the forty-five second walk to the conference room. Where all the partners and associates of Berkley and Brothers would be assembled. Then, after a reasonable amount of small talk and banal pleasantries, Mr. Berkley would announce my promotion to partner. Everyone would clap politely. I would smile and nod…politely. Nothing too showy.
It was all going to be exactly as I’d dreamed it.
Well, not last night. Last night, I’d dreamt about riding with Tag on horseback across the open plains. Nothing in front us, nothing behind us. Just sky and grass and cattle as far as the eye could see.
I woke up reaching for him, like I’d done every night since being back in my apartment.
It’s a phase. You’ll get over him.
It’s what I had to tell myself every morning over my second cup of coffee. Which I needed, because I was no longer sleeping like I had when I was in Tag’s bed.
It was the Wyoming air.
Yep, keep trying to tell yourself that.
Bliss: The two Darryls were in the Stand last night bragging about their investments. I think they made a combined ten dollars.
I smiled at that. I’d given them some basic advice to follow.
Me: That’s ten dollars they didn’t have last week. That’s what a good investment strategy will get you.
Amity: The Strunk sisters were also showing off about how well they're doing, too. They’re talking about investing in an espresso bar for their B&Bs, but I’m wondering if that’s going to hurt my business.
Me: People will always pay money to have other people make them coffee. Just ask Starbucks.
Amity: Still, I wish someone would help me with an investment strategy for my small business.
Me: Consider it done. I’ll start working up a prospectus for you tonight.
Bliss: Won’t you be busy celebrating your promotion?
Mom: Oh, she’ll be getting busy, alright. (wink emoji)
Harmony: MOM!
Amity: MOM!
Bliss: I’m telling you all, we need to cut her out.
Me: We don’t really do celebrations at Berkley.
10:57.
Well, if nothing else, my family had helped me to pass the time.
Me: I have to go. I’ll tell you what happens after the meeting is over. Don’t be too disappointed if it doesn’t happen for me.
Mom: I will be profoundly disappointed if that knucklehead doesn’t come through.
Me: Mom, you shouldn’t call my boss a knucklehead. He’s just looking out for his firm.
