bly had mascara running down my

to apologize for. I'm sorry that you're upset. Is t

ally. I don't even know why

hat upset you?" I kind of laughe

with a paper towel

" I squeaked

ed and he took hol

No arguments."

letting myself think all sorts of crazy things like he was walk

ed into the elevator and he pushed the "B" for t

bar and a private theatre and a po

'd always appreciated it for the simple fact that if he kept a woman over I did

step off. I did. I didn't come down here often. Manny, one of the other

it on Manny

bar on the far side of the main room and

ria. I'm going to

shift ends. You can't get fired for drinking with the boss though, so I'm going to pour myself one too. Then

r than if he'd just yelled at me. He had his back to m

stubble covered his chin and c

o his normal well-coiffed business look. His eyes we

lnerability; it made him se

ou drink,

Usually, if I have something

is then,"

the 'sir' plea

ould call this man by his first name. I looked at him as some ki

t a chilled glass filled with a

you," I

ckily since I hadn't worn much make-up, none of it was

lcome," he

tap and came around and sat in the chair

than my month's salary with my boss staring into my blue eyes with his hazel ones, asking

embarrassed to admit to my best friend that m

and admit that to Alexander Reigns, CEO

to di

that Karen had put out a memo over a month ago telling us that she "frowned

break... but J

ess. I sucked down the alcohol in the pret

was smil

toria.I'm just a regular person like you." Ye

What was the text message a

e dancer until she made enough money to buy her club and now she owns the

etter to just get this over with and then maybe he would let me get

I had the impression that he and I were doing fine. I was very wrong about that, I suppose. The text said

ittle bit. He insisted I tell

ppened to me. I had no idea that my wife was even considering a divorce until the day I came home from work and she had

ind more than one reason why he's right... starting wit

ost a lot of points with me for that

up my glass and

He waved his hand at me and go

One unmade bed won't make or break it

me and said, "How long have you b

ver a year,"

are you, V

l me Vicki,"

ree." "Is your

as

he twenty-

nty-four,

our," he said as if

r life in order. Some people don't handle that well. They panic and think they need to go

We hadn't even talked about marr

ason have a lot of friends who

h ago and their other friend from c

ut ideas in your head that aren't fact...

where the pressure came from... not you,