Conspiracy in the Capitol by B Ivy Woods

Author:B Ivy Woods [Woods, B Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bretagey Press
Published: 2020-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

Rae was working on a policy brief a few days later when she received a call on her office phone.

“Hi, it’s Rae.”

“Rae, hi. It’s Susan at the front desk. We have a package down here for you.”

Curiosity piqued, Rae grabbed her cell phone and headed toward the elevator. Would Flint send her something at work? Smiling at the thought of it, she pressed the down button and texted him.

Rae: Did you send a surprise to my office?

It seemed as if the elevator took longer than usual, but when it finally arrived, she stepped on and pressed L for the lobby. She pressed the closed-door button several times, hoping it would quicken her trip, but to no avail.

The trip to the lobby didn’t take long because Rae was alone in the elevator. Soon, Rae was chatting with Susan about their days and eyeing the box delivered for her. It was long and made of white cardboard. She thanked Susan for collecting the box for her, snatched it off the desk, and headed back toward the elevator. When she was by herself on the way back up to her floor, she started trying to get a feel for the box, weighing it in her hands and shaking it. It was definitely lighter than she expected.

“I wonder if there are flowers in here,” she muttered to herself.

When she reached her office, she closed the door and checked her phone to see if Flint had texted her back. Seeing nothing, she set her phone on the desk. Not wanting to wait anymore, Rae placed the box next to her phone and opened it. She was thankful she remembered to close her door because she knew the gasp the flowed from her lips would have drawn attention to her.

There were flowers in there, all right. Dead roses with the thorns still attached.

“What kind of sick joke is this?”

She heard her phone vibrate on her desk and leaned over to check it.

Flint: Sorry, I just got out of a meeting. I didn’t send you anything. Should I have?

The winky face at the end made her feel a little warm inside, but that feeling quickly vanished when she glanced back at the dead roses sitting on her desk. She took a photo of the flowers and sent it to Flint. She jumped when her ringtone sounded because she wasn’t expecting a phone call.

“Hey,” Rae said, immediately knowing who it was.

“Someone sent you dead roses?”

“Yep. I wish I were joking about it, but I’m not.”

“Do you have a depraved secret admirer that I don’t know about?”

“If I do, I don’t know about it either. It’s bringing up memories of those text messages I got when we first started dating. And the one right before we went out for drinks weeks ago.” As soon as the words flew out of her mouth, Rae knew that she had found the answer. She didn’t get these roses until she started dating Flint again. Just like she didn’t get those text messages until she began to date Flint the first time around.

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