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Sam grimaces. “I’d rather be a gym junkie than insane. Of course swimming with sharks wakes you up—your subconscious is preparing for an inevitable bloody death.”
Oh. My. Goodness. This guy. I can’t contain my laughter. “You’re a hoot. But you know I’ve just made it my personal mission in life to get you in that tank with me one day,” I say with a wink.
He blanches. “The hell you will.”
I waggle my eyebrows as I walk backwards to my awaiting Uber. “We’ll see,” I say then slam the door on Sam’s response, laughing at the expression on his face as the car pulls away from the curb.
Unsurprisingly, a text chimes on my phone before I’ve reached the end of the block.
SAM ~It’s not going to happen. Ever.~
ME ~I think it will.~
SAM ~I think you’re deluding yourself.~
ME ~Is little Sammy scared of the big bad sharks?~
SAM ~Little Sammy feels as strongly about this as I do.~
I snicker and my Uber driver eyes me through the rearview mirror as if I’m a crazy person. Ignoring him, I tap out my reply.
ME ~Are you telling me you refer to your penis as Little Sammy?~
SAM ~What? No! I was just making my point.~
ME ~Sure you were. Anyway, I’ve decided it’s my turn to pick where we go next since you chose today. When are you free?~
SAM ~Who’s the eager beaver now?~
SAM ~I could do lunch on Tuesday.~
ME ~I’ll be working. How about Thursday evening?~
SAM ~I can make that work. Where are we going?~
I’m going to show him how us regular folk kick it.
ME ~I’ll send you the address in time for you to get there. But you can’t Google it. It’s a surprise.~
SAM ~I don’t do surprises.~
ME ~You do now.~
THURSDAY AFTERNOON…
Tom and I have been reviewing the employment contracts all day for a company we recently acquired. The salaries the CEO and VP are collecting are insane compared to the profit margin of the company. It’s no wonder it was going under.
After hours of reading, the words on the page are beginning to blur together, so I set them aside and text Hannah.
ME ~So, where’s this address?~
HANNAH ~It won’t take long to get there. I’ll send it when you need it. Be ready by seven.~
God, this woman is going to drive me crazy. If I didn’t know better, I’d think pushing my buttons was her new favorite pastime.
ME ~Now is good.~
HANNAH ~So is seven.~
