me.
“Just got a client going out there. I’ll just work out of the office when I’m not on the road. Can you take care of my meetings while I’m gone? I can dial into them in case anything comes up you can’t speak to.”
“Yeah, I’ve got it under control. Who’s the client?”
“Remember that doctor from a couple of months ago?”
“The one who almost got date-raped by that pop star? Yeah, yeah I remember her,” Red said chuckling lightly. “Isn’t she like a teenager or something? What are you so interested in driving her around for?”
“It’s not like that. I just want to help her out. She’s never been to Chicago and her company is picking up the bill so why turn down the work?”
“Uh huh, you’re not convincing me, especially when you’re trying so hard to dodge this conversation. Is she cute?”
I shook my head. Typical Red to think with his dick. “To be honest, she looks like Camilla, a lot like Camilla. I was kind of freaked out the first time I saw her. It was like seeing a ghost. That’s how much she looks like Camilla.”
Red paused for a second. “Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?”
“I haven’t thought that through yet.” I sighed. “It’s probably a little bit of both. I know that has a lot to do with why I felt so compelled to look out for her that night at Staples and why I’m dropping everything to do her a favor. Now that I think about it, it’s probably a bad thing, a really bad thing.”
“Nah, I’m sure it’s alright. You’re not as dumb as you used to be and if she’s a doctor, I’m sure she’s a lot smarter than Camilla was; smarter than you, too.”
I nodded. “Right, well call me if you need anything from me. I’m going to be heading out of town as soon as the jet is ready. Oh, and could you call Todd and let him know I’m headed his way.” Todd was the manager at the Chicago branch and would probably like a little bit of heads up before his boss drops in for a surprise visit.
“Will do, boss. Safe trip.”
Red and I have been working together for so long he understood what it meant when I told him about the resemblance between Olivia and Camilla. He knew Camilla and he knew her well. He knew what she meant to me and what it did to me when I lost her.
Let’s just hope I’m not making attempts to have that back through Olivia. Olivia isn’t Camilla. I couldn’t forget that. I can’t let my past cloud my eyes and my mind.
I sighed heavily.
Oh, this was a bad idea.
2013 - Callem
“How much did she see?” Red asked as he and I stood in front of the open safe.
“All of it,” I spat, stuffing the documents and files back into the safe. “She saw everything. Why the fuck was this thing open? How could you have been so careless?”
“Cal, that’s beside the point,” Red said calmly, trying to calm me with his cool tone. “You’ve been tiptoeing around this for seven years. It was only a matter of time before she found out.”
I squeezed my jaw. I had it in my mind to grab Red and beat the life right out of him. “Not like this. I didn’t want her to find out this way. Don’t try to defend yourself. You know you fucked up royally.”
Red cocked his head to the side. “Come on, man, I would never choose her over you. You know that. You know me. You’re not thinking straight right now, alright? We’ll figure this out. We’ll find her and then you can work this out. Okay? We just need to get our shit together. We’re professionals, remember? We’ve done this before. She can’t hide. We’ll just start with Erin, the cab companies, and we’ll go from there. If she’s not at Erin’s then she’s at a hotel. There’s no one else to call; nowhere else she’d go but those two places. You know she wouldn’t involve her parents in this. And if she’s at a hotel, she used a card to get
“Just got a client going out there. I’ll just work out of the office when I’m not on the road. Can you take care of my meetings while I’m gone? I can dial into them in case anything comes up you can’t speak to.”
“Yeah, I’ve got it under control. Who’s the client?”
“Remember that doctor from a couple of months ago?”
“The one who almost got date-raped by that pop star? Yeah, yeah I remember her,” Red said chuckling lightly. “Isn’t she like a teenager or something? What are you so interested in driving her around for?”
“It’s not like that. I just want to help her out. She’s never been to Chicago and her company is picking up the bill so why turn down the work?”
“Uh huh, you’re not convincing me, especially when you’re trying so hard to dodge this conversation. Is she cute?”
I shook my head. Typical Red to think with his dick. “To be honest, she looks like Camilla, a lot like Camilla. I was kind of freaked out the first time I saw her. It was like seeing a ghost. That’s how much she looks like Camilla.”
Red paused for a second. “Is that a good thing, or a bad thing?”
“I haven’t thought that through yet.” I sighed. “It’s probably a little bit of both. I know that has a lot to do with why I felt so compelled to look out for her that night at Staples and why I’m dropping everything to do her a favor. Now that I think about it, it’s probably a bad thing, a really bad thing.”
“Nah, I’m sure it’s alright. You’re not as dumb as you used to be and if she’s a doctor, I’m sure she’s a lot smarter than Camilla was; smarter than you, too.”
I nodded. “Right, well call me if you need anything from me. I’m going to be heading out of town as soon as the jet is ready. Oh, and could you call Todd and let him know I’m headed his way.” Todd was the manager at the Chicago branch and would probably like a little bit of heads up before his boss drops in for a surprise visit.
“Will do, boss. Safe trip.”
Red and I have been working together for so long he understood what it meant when I told him about the resemblance between Olivia and Camilla. He knew Camilla and he knew her well. He knew what she meant to me and what it did to me when I lost her.
Let’s just hope I’m not making attempts to have that back through Olivia. Olivia isn’t Camilla. I couldn’t forget that. I can’t let my past cloud my eyes and my mind.
I sighed heavily.
Oh, this was a bad idea.
2013 - Callem
“How much did she see?” Red asked as he and I stood in front of the open safe.
“All of it,” I spat, stuffing the documents and files back into the safe. “She saw everything. Why the fuck was this thing open? How could you have been so careless?”
“Cal, that’s beside the point,” Red said calmly, trying to calm me with his cool tone. “You’ve been tiptoeing around this for seven years. It was only a matter of time before she found out.”
I squeezed my jaw. I had it in my mind to grab Red and beat the life right out of him. “Not like this. I didn’t want her to find out this way. Don’t try to defend yourself. You know you fucked up royally.”
Red cocked his head to the side. “Come on, man, I would never choose her over you. You know that. You know me. You’re not thinking straight right now, alright? We’ll figure this out. We’ll find her and then you can work this out. Okay? We just need to get our shit together. We’re professionals, remember? We’ve done this before. She can’t hide. We’ll just start with Erin, the cab companies, and we’ll go from there. If she’s not at Erin’s then she’s at a hotel. There’s no one else to call; nowhere else she’d go but those two places. You know she wouldn’t involve her parents in this. And if she’s at a hotel, she used a card to get
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