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“Just remember come Monday, she’s back to being mine.”
Mr. Mancini must say something else because Ted laughs again. Lorenzo Mancini, funny man. Yeah, right.
Mr. Beardsman joins us at the elevators, pressing the down button. “You’re too nice, Annie. Should’ve run out of here.”
He steps into the elevator while I stand here holding a stack of papers that came with instructions from a man who didn’t bother to look me in the eye. “You so owe me, Shelby.”
I stomp down the hallway and throw my purse and jacket onto my chair like a toddler having a fit. If I could, I’d jump up and down, screaming. After grabbing my cell phone from my purse, I text Jake and Mae and head to the copy room.
I’m not in there for more than a minute before they join me and shut the door. I blow out a breath, organizing the papers in my hand.
“Sorry,” Jake says, sliding onto the table with a bag of Twizzlers. Obviously, he hid out in the break room.
“You could’ve taken one for the team.” I shoot the papers through the color copier.
“I’m innocent. I’m in accounting.” Mae holds up her hands and joins Jake on the table, digging her hand into the bag of Twizzlers on his lap.
“I had somewhere to be,” I whine, grabbing my own Twizzler from Jake’s stash. I bite off the top of it with more ferocity than necessary.
Jake tilts his head. “And where is that?”
I roll my eyes.
Mae says nothing because she already knows.
“Nowhere, but if I don’t get out of here by four o’clock, I’m going to make a little voodoo doll of you, Jake Hill, and prick you right between the legs.”
Mae laughs.
Jake squeezes his thighs together. “Whoa. That’s harsh.”
The copies finish, and I shift my attention to the binding area. Jake stays put, but Mae hops down and puts her hand on my shoulder.
“I’ll be over tonight to help,” she whispers.
“What am I missing? I thought this was a three-way friendship?”
Mae and I look over our shoulders and laugh. I pop the rest of the licorice into my mouth.
“You wish it could be a three-way.” Mae leans across the small room, grabs two more pieces of licorice, and hands one to me.
“We are alone and there’s a lock on this door…”
I put my hand to my ear. “Ever heard of sexual harassment?”
“Relax, I see you both as sisters.”
I wink and bind the third presentation together. There’s silence except for the sound of each of us chewing.
“Come on, guys. I feel like that loser friend no one talks to,” Jake whines.
Mae shakes her head, eyeing me to see if I’m willing to share my news. The only reason I’ve kept it from him is because I don’t want him making a big deal of it. Though it is a big deal to me, it’s not as though people don’t buy condos every day.
I turn around, and Mae takes over binding the next presentation packet for me. “I’m moving. I bought a condo.”
He jumps off the table and wraps his arms around me, dancing in the middle of the room.
“It’s small. One-bedroom and in Inwood, so…”
