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“I need to get over there,” I say.
“Aren’t you a little underdressed for that?” Lauren asks, looking amused. I glance down and realize I’m still wearing the towel I wrapped around myself after my shower hours ago.
“I’ll make sure she looks decent first,” Liam says.
“Good plan.” She ends the call and I almost jump out of bed.
I can’t believe they’re doing this for me. My heart feels so full right now.
“Can we take a raincheck on that kiss?” I ask Liam.
“Yep.” He nods, his gaze soft. “Now let’s go.”
CHAPTERTHIRTY-TWO
SOPHIE
On the way to the station my phone rings again. This time it’s Donald.
“Ah, Sophie. We were wondering if you were free to come in to meet us,” he asks.
“Actually, I’m on my way to the station right now.”
“You are?” He sounds strangely happy about that. “Good, good. Come straight to the boardroom. We’ll be waiting for you.”
“Did you hear that?” I ask Liam. He looks strangely amused.
“I did.”
“Did you call him?” I ask, suspicious. I know he was aching to.
And maybe I would have let him after a while. I certainly can’t be angry at him for wanting to help me.
“I really didn’t,” he says. “I might have folded eventually, but I haven’t yet.”
At least he’s being honest. He’s also driving like a maniac and manages to cover the distance between my apartment and the station way too quickly. He parks and we hurry over to the station entrance, where all my friends are waiting for me.
Madison and Lisa are there, along with Dan and Ray and Lorena. Nearly everybody I know at the studio is standing on the sidewalk.
Some of them have even painted banners. It brings tears to my eyes. They surround me, telling me they’re on my side, that it isn’t fair, that they’ll protest for as long as it takes.”
“I need to go see Donald,” I tell Lisa, who’s looking almost Amazonian in her anger. “He’s asked me to meet with him in the boardroom.”
“Hopefully to give you your job back,” she says grimly. “Because otherwise he’s going to lose this station.”
I lean forward to hug her. “Thank you,” I whisper. “I know you’re responsible for this.”
“Not just me. All of us. When I told them you’d been sent home we all agreed we had to do something.”
The crowd parts and I walk inside, Liam holding my hand. “You want to stay here?” I ask him.
“I’ll walk up there with you. Wait outside.” The way his eyes are narrowed I’m almost certain somebody’s going to get hurt. You can only push a man so far. “Okay, thank you.” We take the elevator up to the top floor and I point at a chair he can sit in while I walk over to the boardroom and knock on the door.
“Sophie, come in.” Donald stands this time as I walk inside. The lawyers are still there but no HR, Michael, or Rhian. There is a guy in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that I think I recognize from our IT department.
“Please take a seat,” Donald says, and a sense of déjà vu washes over me. I do as he says, and look at him expectantly.
“First of all, I want to tell you that your job is completely secure,” Donald says. “I was, ah, a little rash sending you home earlier. Please accept my apologies.”
