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I laughed. “That sounds glorious.”
“Well worth it. Oh! I almost forgot. My good friend from high school is back in town. She wants to get everyone together for a night out. Would you like to meet them? I only just learned about it but plan on coming down to see her. It might be a good chance for you to meet some new people. They’re nice too.”
After the night out under the stars with Millie, I had been thinking about living life outside of work. This was a good chance to start. “Sure, I don’t know anyone here, so that sounds fun.”
“Fantastic! I will send you the date and time for that as well.”
* * *
Jill and I went to the nearest beauty store and bought some dye kits. We spent the night dying my hair an even brighter red and added blue highlights to hers. Then we did each other’s nails and watched reruns of Friends.
“I gave Brandon a good talking to the other day,” Jill announced.
“You mean you spoke to him in a gentle tone with chosen words?”
“That.” Jill laughed.
“Thanks, Jill.”
“I wish I could stay here to help you get back on your feet, but I’m glad you have the party to go to this weekend. Hopefully it’s the start of new friendships and new loves.” She gave my hand a squeeze.
“I still wish you could come with me.”
“I know. I don’t know why, but Luc is being very insistent that I have to be back by Friday. I can’t dilly dally here. I’m a bit peeved because he knows what a hard time you’re going through.”
“He needs you, Jill. You deserve to enjoy your happiness, not dawdle in my troubles.”
“Nonsense!” she insisted. “You mean a lot to me, and your happiness is very important.” She suddenly giggled. “Listen to us! We’re like two old people sitting around reminiscing about what once was.” Jill held up her glass. “To our new lives!”
I joined her. “To our new lives!”
Becca
With a new positionin the firm and a new office to get used to, I was kept busy for the rest of the week. A good thing, too, as I didn’t have time to think of Brandon once. By the time I got home, I was so tired most nights that I sometimes skipped dinner and fell asleep fully dressed on my bed. Saturday came around before I knew it.
At eleven o’clock, a knock sounded on the door when I had just come back from my morning run. I had started the tub running for a leisurely bath before lunch, because I was in the mood to relax and pamper myself before going out to the party tonight.
Turning off the tap, I marched to the door, frustrated at the interruption. If it was a salesperson, they could move right along. This was my day to chill after a grueling week, and with thoughts of Brandon bombarding me all morning while out on my run, I desperately needed a soak in the tub.
Opening the door, I was about to say how disinterested I was in their product when I realized it was someone I didn’t expect to see. “Thomas?”
“Hi, hope this is okay? I remembered us discussing that we’d see each other if we were in town.”
“Of course.” My body was feeling very warm at the sight of him in his business outfit. The waft of Brandon’s scent caught me by surprise, and I greedily inhaled it as if I hadn’t eaten all week. “Why are you in town?”
“I have a work trip next week, but I came early because Millie invited me to meet some new friends at a party. She mentioned you were going, and I thought it’d be a good chance to hang out.”
“Oh.” He was going to the same party I was? What did I say to that?
“I should have called first, but I was excited to see you.”
“Yeah.” I seemed to have lost all means of talking.
He didn’t seem to mind, though. “You’ll be at the party tonight, right?”
“Yes. Yes, I will.”
“Can I pick you up then?”
