The Stopover (The Miles High Club 1)

I laugh. “Okay, sounds good.”

I make my way to my desk and find Aaron already working. “Hi.”

“Hi.” He says sadly.

“What’s wrong?” I frown as I take my seat.

“I got stood up again last night.” He sighs. “I’m just getting sick of this, you know?”

“Have you talked to him?” I ask.

“No, he’s always working or got things going on or a legitimate excuse. Maybe I’m looking for problems that aren’t there.”

“Maybe,” I reply. “Anyway, you’ll be glad to know that I’m in a much better mood today.”

“Really?” He smirks. “What’s your secret?”

“Sleep,” I reply. “And I’m even going to start going to the gym on level three next week. Want to come with me?”

“Maybe.” He thinks about it.

“We could become superhot fitness freaks.”

He chuckles. “Yeah, okay. Are you high?”

“I had such a shitty day on Friday, and I’m determined to change my mind-set.”

“Good for you.”

Molly arrives and puts her bag onto the desk with a bang. “Anybody want a kid?”

I giggle. “What now?”

“Ugh.” She flops into her chair. “So you know how Brad got caught messaging that girl. I took his phone from him because his father wouldn’t do it,” she snaps.

“Yeah.”

“Well, he was angry, but he wasn’t that pissed off, you know?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, he wasn’t hassling me for his phone back all the time like normal, and he wanted to go to bed really early last night.”

I frown as I listen.

“I felt like something was off, so I checked the hiding spot to see if his phone was still there, and it was. Then I had this strange thought to check

the SIM.”

Aaron chuckles, already knowing where this story is going.

“The little shit had taken the SIM out and put it into an old phone.”

“Oh, crap.”

“I barge into his bedroom, and sure enough, he is on his phone, and it is hidden under the covers. I snatch it off him and lock myself in the bathroom while I go through it. He’s banging the door down, so I know there is something on there that he doesn’t want me to see.”

My eyes widen as I listen.