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“Barb called again,” she said.
He sighed. Barb was the new regional salesperson where he got a lot of his food for the restaurant and ice cream shop. They didn’t just sell ice cream there and many came for quick meals of hot dogs, burgers and fries.
“I don’t know how many times I have to tell her I don’t need to meet.”
“She likes you,” Steph said. “Like really likes you. Maybe you need to be one of those chicks that puts a fake diamond on their hand so that men leave them alone when they’re out.”
He held his hand up. “I’m not sure diamonds are my thing. Maybe a big thick square one. What do you think?”
“Emerald cut,” Steph said. “That would work well on those big hands of yours.”
“I’ll keep that in mind. And I’ll deal with Barb.”
“If you email her, she’s just going to keep it up. She wants to hear your sexy voice,” Steph said with a grin.
“You think my voice is sexy?”
“Todd is jealous whenever I say it,” Steph said of her husband. “The other night I told him to talk like you.”
“You’re horrible,” he said, laughing. He hoped to hell he wasn’t blushing either. “It’s a good thing your husband likes me or he’d come at me with a gun one night.”
“Never,” Steph said.
Todd was an officer at the Colonie Police. He was hired shortly after Steph started working for him. Cal had put a good word in for the guy. Something he didn’t do often, but he felt Todd would do a good job since he knew a few that Todd worked with at the sheriff’s department part time.
Todd believed he was only hired because of Cal and was very thankful for that.
He wasn’t sure if it was him or not, but Steph did a great job and he didn’t want to lose her. They’d been talking of moving if they had to. Maybe he was just selfish doing what he did, assuring they stayed in the area.
“I’ll call her now and get it over with,” he said. “You’re the best.”
“You know it,” Steph shouted to him when he walked into his office.
Steph had her own office just off the front too. There was a small waiting area with a few chairs, but she could see people coming in and out. No one did without appointments anyway, so it’s not like they needed someone watching the front.
Sean was his accountant and stayed in his office by himself leaving most people alone. It worked for them. He knew Steph busted on Sean often, but Sean ignored her.
Cal sat at his computer. He should just bring a laptop back and forth but couldn’t be bothered. It was easier to have a computer here and another at home. He did more work there than here anyway, though he showed up here most days.
Once he made his way through the bulk of his email and answered what he could, he decided to call Barb and get it over with.
“Hello, Cal,” Barb answered on the first ring. It was her cell phone. She’d always said to call her on that as she was on the road a lot.
“Hi, Barb. Steph gave me a message that you called.”
“Yes,” Barb said. “We haven’t touched base lately. I was wondering if you had time to meet this week and go over a few things. You know I like to have a face to face with most of my clients. I need to assure the company we are meeting your needs.”
It was the way she said ‘meeting your needs’ that had him rolling his eyes.
“Everything is good,” he said. “I haven’t heard any complaints from my staff when it comes to ordering. The ice cream shop will be closing soon so obviously the orders are less now.”
They were winding down and wouldn’t need to buy as much as when they were in full swing over the summer. Not in ice cream or the other foods.
“That’s always good to hear,” Barb said. “I’d still like to treat you to dinner one night.”
It went from lunch to dinner now. “I’m good,” he said. “I’ve been pretty busy lately. No reason to work late at night.”
“All part of the job,” Barb said, being pushy like always. “You know that. We used to meet more frequently.”
