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“I guess you’re calling me this early because you want us to grab breakfast before we head off to work. I’m so up for it!”
She lets out a loud sigh. “I landed from Hong Kong, but I won’t be in LA for long.”
“I don’t understand.”
“I was counting the hours before I got home and slid next to my boyfriend’s warm body, but instead, I’m at LAX waiting for a flight to Seattle.”
“What’s urgent in Seattle?”
“When I turned my phone on, I was bombarded with messages from my boss,” Phoebe says. “We have a situation at the Seattle plant and I need to get my ass over there.”
“Oh no, I was so looking forward to seeing you and spending the weekend with you.”
“I can’t tell you how disappointed I am, Ari,” she says. “I have to bail on us hanging out together tonight at my place, our Saturday shopping spree, and our Sunday spa day.”
“Crap.”
“The worst part is that Oscar and you still don’t know each other,” she says.
“It’s unfortunate, but it’s not like it’s your fault,” I tell her. “When are you back?”
“Tuesday first thing, which means… drum roll, please.”
I oblige by doing my best impression.
“I’m claiming you!” she says. “I’ve already talked to Oscar and since Tuesday nights are quiet at the bar, we’re going to throw a little party in your honor.”
“Come on, Phoebe, you don’t have to go to all that trouble—”
“Hush. You’re my best friend and I’ll fuss if I want to,” she says.
“Okay. Fuss all you want.”
We laugh.
“I was really excited about the shopping and the spa weekend,” I say. “I guess I’ll play tourist instead, and we can postpone it until you’re back.”
“Oh no you don’t. You’re still going shopping and you’re still going to the spa!” Her authoritative tone is a surprise.
“It won’t be as fun without you.”
“I’d say Andrea did a stellar job. Clearly, you don’t need me.”
“Andrea sent you photos?”
“No. After buying an inflated ticket for Seattle, I caught up with social media. It’s amazing how much you miss when you’re wrapping up a conference, and then you’re on a stopover flight back home.”
Uh-oh.
“The world knows of your best friend’s transformation from three-piece-suit-armor-worshipper to a sexy goddess, but you’re oblivious.”
Here we go.
“The world caught a glimpse of the flurry of salacious photos of said best friend entangled in a hotter-than-hell dance with her new boss-slash-client—her blue-eyed hunk of a boss-slash-client, may I add—but you’re in the dark. The world witnessed a torrid affair in the making. You, on the other hand, just found out.”
She’s on a roll.
“From my recollection, said best friend kept swearing up and down on a stack of bibles she was blind and unaffected by her hottie boss-slash-client. What gives, best friend?”
