“I hardly see how that’s relevant,” he answers.
He turns on the radio.
“Seriously? You’re still on the death metal?” he asks. “Isn’t that going to make our baby come out with hooves or craving blood or something?”
“Metal is closest in relation to classical music, and everyone knows that classical music makes babies smarter.”
“Oh, it does not. That was just a misquote, saying…” he trails off into laughter.
“Look,” I tell him, gazing up at the sky through the windshield.
“What?”
“The stars,” I tell him. “There are a lot of them tonight.”
“Leila?”
“Yeah?”
“I love the fuck out of you.”
“Thanks,” I answer. “Dane?”
“Yeah?”
“Have you ever given any thought to joining the fire department?”
He laughs. “I’ll be your fireman.”
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ESCORT
By Claire Adams
This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2015 Claire Adams
Chapter One
The Last Time I Saw Me
Grace
“You’re not listening to me,” John Parker, my outgoing boss says, leaning back in his oversized office chair. “We just don’t have the kind of support we’d need for a move like this.”
“We’ll get the support,” I tell him. “It’ll take a little bit of time, but I’ve been working on this for a while, John. I know what I’m doing.”
I think he’s just pissed that he’s going and I’m staying.
I’m not too sure about the specifics, but I know that whatever the reason is that he’s resigning, it’s the kind of thing that could seriously damage our stock prices.
“Well, I know you’ve put a lot of time into this,” he says, “but we don’t have the resources, we don’t have the personnel. We don’t have the support, Grace. Ainsley’s not going to go for this unless you’ve got everything locked down tight, and we both know you’re not there yet.”