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directions stood at the first corner. She hoped for a shortcut to Caper’s floor. She held her breath on the elevator. She’d always been afraid of the elevator dropping to an unknown destination. Instead, the elevator stopped on the desired floor. A young man waited until she got off before he got on. He smiled, and she wondered if many of the people here were friendly.
Men in white dress shirts and dark slacks smiled while she passed. She turned to see a few of them checking her out from behind. She enjoyed the attention. Sarah had always insisted Melody to use her feminine wiles. She didn’t think she had any, until now.
She made it into the cozy waiting room a minute later. She wasn’t surprised to see it full of men. You couldn’t expect many women in the corporate world. Melody spoke to the secretary. She instructed Melody to take a seat for a moment. Melody scanned the waiting room’s occupants. All the men seemed under thirty-five. They were all white.
They all looked like they’d been born with silver spoons in their mouths. Melody crossed her legs. She imagined they had run up their trust funds, or totaled one of their many cars. They sure as hell didn’t look like they needed to work. White-bread city. Melody swore their socks cost more than her entire outfit. They all wore Rolexes. They all wore the hottest suits for today’s male fashion.
Melody couldn’t imagine ever fitting in here. Yet, Sarah and Lucas seemed convinced that she did. She wondered if Lucas’s dad would remember her.
The secretary pulled off her bifocals. “Miss Cruz, Mr. Lawson will see you now.”
Melody checked her face one last time. She took a deep breath. She entered Dave Lawson’s office. The door automatically closed behind her. Dave chatted on the phone. He smiled. Now she remembered him. Dave had always been kind back then. He had all the money he could need, yet you wouldn’t know it from his attitude. He’d always been a generous and fair man.
Lucas had received the best of both worlds. He’d gotten Dave’s looks as well as his business sense. What more could a young man in today’s world need?
Dave waved. “Be with you in just a moment, Miss Cruz. Feel free to look around the office.” Melody nodded. She didn’t get these corporate types. Since Dave was Lucas’s father she wouldn’t be too hard on him.
She walked around the posh office. Dave sat behind a cluttered desk equipped with a fancy computer and deluxe phone system. Behind his desk stood a giant window where he could probably see the entire city. Melody figured he stared out that window a hundred times a day. She knew she would. If she would be lucky to get her own office, she would definitely spring for one with a window.
Two big, silver file cabinets sat in the corner beside boxes of files and loose papers. Plants hung from every corner of the room. That explained the organic fragrance Melody noticed when she walked in. Dave rattled off about some rival company. He smiled at Melody, then turned the other way. He needn’t be worried. The last thing she cared about was his business deals.
She’d come to start anew. She hoped this job would help her accomplish her goal. She paced around the shelf of tumbling books. Wrinkled papers fell from the books’ creases. Obviously being rich didn’t mean you were neat. Dave’s office had been the sloppiest workplace she’d seen.
A vibrant family portrait of Dave, Lucas and Lucas’s mother sat on the tiny endtable beside the door. She’d never seen such a perfect-looking family.
Melody hadn’t necessarily hated being raised by Aunt Lucia. Still, she’d missed having parents more than anything. It had been hard to grow up the product of people you didn’t remember. She questioned everything about herself, wondering if she resembled at least one of her parents in any way. She imagined that Sarah embodied all that they represented. Melody often wondered how two sisters could be so
Men in white dress shirts and dark slacks smiled while she passed. She turned to see a few of them checking her out from behind. She enjoyed the attention. Sarah had always insisted Melody to use her feminine wiles. She didn’t think she had any, until now.
She made it into the cozy waiting room a minute later. She wasn’t surprised to see it full of men. You couldn’t expect many women in the corporate world. Melody spoke to the secretary. She instructed Melody to take a seat for a moment. Melody scanned the waiting room’s occupants. All the men seemed under thirty-five. They were all white.
They all looked like they’d been born with silver spoons in their mouths. Melody crossed her legs. She imagined they had run up their trust funds, or totaled one of their many cars. They sure as hell didn’t look like they needed to work. White-bread city. Melody swore their socks cost more than her entire outfit. They all wore Rolexes. They all wore the hottest suits for today’s male fashion.
Melody couldn’t imagine ever fitting in here. Yet, Sarah and Lucas seemed convinced that she did. She wondered if Lucas’s dad would remember her.
The secretary pulled off her bifocals. “Miss Cruz, Mr. Lawson will see you now.”
Melody checked her face one last time. She took a deep breath. She entered Dave Lawson’s office. The door automatically closed behind her. Dave chatted on the phone. He smiled. Now she remembered him. Dave had always been kind back then. He had all the money he could need, yet you wouldn’t know it from his attitude. He’d always been a generous and fair man.
Lucas had received the best of both worlds. He’d gotten Dave’s looks as well as his business sense. What more could a young man in today’s world need?
Dave waved. “Be with you in just a moment, Miss Cruz. Feel free to look around the office.” Melody nodded. She didn’t get these corporate types. Since Dave was Lucas’s father she wouldn’t be too hard on him.
She walked around the posh office. Dave sat behind a cluttered desk equipped with a fancy computer and deluxe phone system. Behind his desk stood a giant window where he could probably see the entire city. Melody figured he stared out that window a hundred times a day. She knew she would. If she would be lucky to get her own office, she would definitely spring for one with a window.
Two big, silver file cabinets sat in the corner beside boxes of files and loose papers. Plants hung from every corner of the room. That explained the organic fragrance Melody noticed when she walked in. Dave rattled off about some rival company. He smiled at Melody, then turned the other way. He needn’t be worried. The last thing she cared about was his business deals.
She’d come to start anew. She hoped this job would help her accomplish her goal. She paced around the shelf of tumbling books. Wrinkled papers fell from the books’ creases. Obviously being rich didn’t mean you were neat. Dave’s office had been the sloppiest workplace she’d seen.
A vibrant family portrait of Dave, Lucas and Lucas’s mother sat on the tiny endtable beside the door. She’d never seen such a perfect-looking family.
Melody hadn’t necessarily hated being raised by Aunt Lucia. Still, she’d missed having parents more than anything. It had been hard to grow up the product of people you didn’t remember. She questioned everything about herself, wondering if she resembled at least one of her parents in any way. She imagined that Sarah embodied all that they represented. Melody often wondered how two sisters could be so
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