Page 4 of Strictly Business : A Lesbian Romance

On the first day of school, Taylor had spotted Adriana and Juliana

bringing Joseph to kindergarten together and her heart leapt when she

realized that they were partners, not just friends. She’d made her way over

to them, introduced Chloe while they introduced Joseph, and that was that.

Chloe and Joseph ended up being great friends, while Taylor, Adriana, and

Juliana bonded just about instantly as well.

The two women didn’t mind at all when Taylor asked if they’d go

for coffee with her and blurted out something terribly awkward about

having just moved to Austin and not having any friends and being— well—

a lesbian. They understood instantly that Taylor needed them. Adriana had

left everything behind as well, and she knew how hard it could be.

“How’s your job going?” Adriana asked, bringing Taylor’s attention

back from the past once more. She shook her head slowly and glanced at

Chloe. Adriana winced. “Sorry. I didn’t know. What happened?”

“Some jerkus who— well— um— decided to stick his hands into

my business. I told him off and I might have accidentally stepped on his

foot. Hard.” She lowered her voice even though Joseph and Chloe were

oblivious, stuffing chicken into their mouths and ignoring their peas. “My

boss didn’t think it was appropriate and I may—well—I guess I’m looking

for something else as of yesterday.”

“Shoot,” Juliana sighed. “I’m sorry, Taylor. If I know of anyone

hiring, I’ll pass it along.”

“Thanks,” Taylor sighed.

She concentrated on how delicious her chicken was instead of on the

fact that it was the second job she’d lost in as many months. It took her a

month to find her first job— a receptionist position which ended after she

was late one too many mornings in a row because she had to get Chloe to

school herself when she was late for the bus. It had only been three

mornings out of the whole month, but she was still fired.

Within a week, she had been lucky enough to find a server position

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