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Jennifer nods and picks up a business card, handing it to me. “Yes, Lorelei Seidel.”
I crush the card in my hand and laugh with absolutely no humor. “We don’t need a fucking babysitter,” I hiss.
“She’s far from a babysitter. She’s a well respected, professional, confident woman, who is now in charge of your every move,” she says, lifting an eyebrow.
“No way,” I say, shaking my head.
She shrugs and smiles. “You accept Lorelei as your publicist, or you will no longer be represented by JRJ. Your choice.”
Fuck. I turn my head looking at the guys and they look as pissed as I feel. They know we need to agree, but they are just as pissed about being babysat as I am. I turn my attention back to Jennifer and nod. “Fine.”
“Wonderful,” she says, holding her hand out to mine. “Go home, get packing, and on Friday when you are leaving, we will meet you at the bus and introduce you to Lorelei.”
I shake her hand and we walk out of her office. I’m beyond pissed, I have rage running through me. This is the most demeaning thing I can think of to happen to us, and I refuse to accept it with open arms. I’ll let them think they won this battle, but I fucking agree I will be the one winning the war.
Chapter Three
Lorelei
“Congratulations,” Todd says, as I finish making photocopies in the conference room.
“Thank you,” I reply, smiling.
He grabs a file off the table and turns to James. “Must be nice to have your grandfather being your boss,” he whispers.
I spin on my heel crossing my arms as they walk away. “I assure you, Todd, my grandfather had nothing to do with me getting this account.”
He laughs as they both turn around to face me. “That’s not what I’ve heard.”
“Jealousy does not suit you,” I hiss, digging my nails into my
palms.
All I’ve heard all week is how my grandfather is the reason I got this huge account. No one believes that I have earned it on my own. Which to me is absurd, considering I’ve only ever managed to gain small accounts since my time here. How they can’t see that my grandfather has done nothing but hold me back is beyond me. It just makes it that much clearer that no one noticed me, until now. Now that I have gained this huge account they are all pissed and envious and I’m seen. I’ve kept my mouth shut all week. I’ve ignored the remarks and the constant demeaning comments. But when I walk out these doors today, I will be living my dream. I refuse to let them take any more of my excitement.
“Let’s just hope you don’t fall flat on your face and bring down Seidel Public Relations with you,” Todd says.
Before I can even reply, they both walk out of the room, and I smack my hand on the table. I’m tired of this. I grab my copies and head straight for my grandfather’s office. I knock and when he looks up, he nods for me to enter.
“Grandpa, we need to talk,” I mutter, walking toward his desk.
He pulls off his reading glasses, tossing them on his desk. He sighs as he leans back in his chair. “What?”
“I would really appreciate it if you could be on my side, just this once. Everyone here thinks that I only got the job with Loyalty because I’m your granddaughter. They don’t think I can handle the position and are wishing to see me fail. Please, tell them I am more than capable of doing my job and that it was on my own merits that I got the position,” I say, wringing my hands together.
“Lorelei, I can’t do that. It’s not my job to convince people to believe in you. That’s your job. If you can’t do that here, how do you expect to convince a bunch of men in a band to believe in you?” he replies, taking a sip of his scotch.
“Getting a bunch of men in a band to believe in me will be easy, Grandpa. You see, they have no idea that you don’t believe in me. You not believing in me has made everyone in this office see me as the poor granddaughter hired only because I’m family. No one here respects my achievements, my work ethic, or my abilities and that is because of you. You’ve made sure that I stay hidden away. So, I’m not at all concerned that I will not only do the job, but shine doing it. And when I return, I want the respect I deserve.”
“What the hell was I thinking,” I groan, falling onto my bed.
Blair and Haven each grab an arm and pull me back up. “You need to stop,” Blair says.
“I told my grandfather I will shine!” I yell.
“And you will,” Haven says. “You don’t need to be told that you are capable of doing this, you know you are. You’ve been working toward this moment tirelessly. Your grandfather never supported you, it makes no difference now. You will go, you will be flawless, and you will fucking shine.”
We all laugh, and I stand back up. “What am I going to do without you guys?”
