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the redhead in her eyes as she chewed on the corner of her lip. She looked so young.
“You don’t have to thank me for that, Jessica. I didn’t like the way she was talking to you. I don’t care what you did or didn’t do, you didn’t deserve that.” I walked toward her and motioned for her to follow me out of the break room. “You don’t have to take shit from Rhiannon. You don’t have to take shit from anyone. Now let’s get back to work.”
Opening the door, I looked at everyone having a good time and I plastered a smile on my face.
“THOSE CELEBRITIES KNOW HOW TO party,” Kelsey said, sitting down beside me on one of the couches at Duke & Duchess the next afternoon. “The ladies room smells like sex.”
“And weed,” I added with a shake of my head.
“You don’t even want to know what the men’s room smells like,” Stephen chuckled as he walked up. He took his seat directly across from us, next to Devin who was preoccupied with his phone.
We laughed, joked and complained about the major events of the A Dangerous Affair wrap party as we waited for Nicks to arrive.
“Okay, thank you all for coming in,” Nicks began when he walked up. Handing each of us an envelope, he continued, “I know some of you are off today so I will make this quick. You four work your asses off for Duke & Duchess and I want to show my appreciation.”
I looked at the envelope with my name scrawled in Nicks’ chicken scratch handwriting. The light weight of the envelope let me know what I would find inside. I trailed my finger across the flap and looked at everyone else. It seemed as though no one wanted to make the first move. I shrugged because I didn’t mind.
Ripping the envelope open, I gawked at a check for $2500 dollars. Moments later, everyone else followed suit.
“Oh my God, Nicks…” I breathed, shifting my eyes from the check to Nicks and then back to the check.
The collective gasp from the rest of the group let me know that everyone else received similar amounts of money.
Kelsey bounced up and down and screamed. Stephen and Devin slapped their hands together in an intricate handshake. I closed my eyes and let my head drop back. My savings account was depleted soon after I arrived in New York and the token of appreciation that I held in my hands would really help.
“Thank you,” I said, standing to give him a hug. Seconds later, we were involved in a rowdy five-person group hug.
“You all got the same amount. I divided the excess evenly. You’re my team and you deserve it. I couldn’t have done it without you,” Nicks said, giving each of us a good-natured slap on the back as we dispersed around the bar.
“Come with me. I have to show you something,” Kelsey said quietly, pulling my arm.
I grabbed my crossbody bag and stuffed the check in my wallet as I followed her to the back. Once the door was closed behind us, Kelsey spun around with her cell phone in hand.
“So Phil texted me last night…,” she started slowly, showing me the text message. “We’ve been talking since I saw him here Friday night and um…he wants me to meet him at the pool hall on Berry Street next Tuesday when he gets back in town. I think he kind of asked me on a date.”
Tucking my soft curls behind my ear, I cocked my head to the side. Taking a second, I studied the way her pretty face scrunched up with worry. “Do you want it to be a date?” I asked, trying to gauge how she felt about the situation. Phil was always a touchy subject with Kelsey—sometimes he was ‘the one’ and sometimes he was the bane of her existence.
“Since we are both off, I was hoping that maybe, just maybe, you’d come too. I would feel better about the whole situation if you came. I need you to be my buffer.” Kelsey’s voice had a pleading tone to it and it was completely unlike her.
“Kelsey, you know I’d do anything for you. Anything in the world.” I gestured emphatically with my arms. “But what am I supposed to
“You don’t have to thank me for that, Jessica. I didn’t like the way she was talking to you. I don’t care what you did or didn’t do, you didn’t deserve that.” I walked toward her and motioned for her to follow me out of the break room. “You don’t have to take shit from Rhiannon. You don’t have to take shit from anyone. Now let’s get back to work.”
Opening the door, I looked at everyone having a good time and I plastered a smile on my face.
“THOSE CELEBRITIES KNOW HOW TO party,” Kelsey said, sitting down beside me on one of the couches at Duke & Duchess the next afternoon. “The ladies room smells like sex.”
“And weed,” I added with a shake of my head.
“You don’t even want to know what the men’s room smells like,” Stephen chuckled as he walked up. He took his seat directly across from us, next to Devin who was preoccupied with his phone.
We laughed, joked and complained about the major events of the A Dangerous Affair wrap party as we waited for Nicks to arrive.
“Okay, thank you all for coming in,” Nicks began when he walked up. Handing each of us an envelope, he continued, “I know some of you are off today so I will make this quick. You four work your asses off for Duke & Duchess and I want to show my appreciation.”
I looked at the envelope with my name scrawled in Nicks’ chicken scratch handwriting. The light weight of the envelope let me know what I would find inside. I trailed my finger across the flap and looked at everyone else. It seemed as though no one wanted to make the first move. I shrugged because I didn’t mind.
Ripping the envelope open, I gawked at a check for $2500 dollars. Moments later, everyone else followed suit.
“Oh my God, Nicks…” I breathed, shifting my eyes from the check to Nicks and then back to the check.
The collective gasp from the rest of the group let me know that everyone else received similar amounts of money.
Kelsey bounced up and down and screamed. Stephen and Devin slapped their hands together in an intricate handshake. I closed my eyes and let my head drop back. My savings account was depleted soon after I arrived in New York and the token of appreciation that I held in my hands would really help.
“Thank you,” I said, standing to give him a hug. Seconds later, we were involved in a rowdy five-person group hug.
“You all got the same amount. I divided the excess evenly. You’re my team and you deserve it. I couldn’t have done it without you,” Nicks said, giving each of us a good-natured slap on the back as we dispersed around the bar.
“Come with me. I have to show you something,” Kelsey said quietly, pulling my arm.
I grabbed my crossbody bag and stuffed the check in my wallet as I followed her to the back. Once the door was closed behind us, Kelsey spun around with her cell phone in hand.
“So Phil texted me last night…,” she started slowly, showing me the text message. “We’ve been talking since I saw him here Friday night and um…he wants me to meet him at the pool hall on Berry Street next Tuesday when he gets back in town. I think he kind of asked me on a date.”
Tucking my soft curls behind my ear, I cocked my head to the side. Taking a second, I studied the way her pretty face scrunched up with worry. “Do you want it to be a date?” I asked, trying to gauge how she felt about the situation. Phil was always a touchy subject with Kelsey—sometimes he was ‘the one’ and sometimes he was the bane of her existence.
“Since we are both off, I was hoping that maybe, just maybe, you’d come too. I would feel better about the whole situation if you came. I need you to be my buffer.” Kelsey’s voice had a pleading tone to it and it was completely unlike her.
“Kelsey, you know I’d do anything for you. Anything in the world.” I gestured emphatically with my arms. “But what am I supposed to
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