Definite Possibility by Maggie Cummings

Author:Maggie Cummings [Cummings, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626399105
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2017-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The smell of morning coffee wafted from the vendors that lined the short crosstown walk from Meg’s bus stop to her office on Manhattan’s East Side. Back in the day, she and Sasha walked these same blocks a hundred times over. She didn’t know why that memory came to her just now, but decided not to stress it. Instead she indulged herself reminiscing all the times Sasha fell prey to this very coffee cart on the corner of Fifty-Third and Third. They had gigantic coffee rolls and Sasha had a sweet tooth she caved to daily. It was amazing Sasha wasn’t a thousand pounds with all the junk food she ate.

Reaching into her satchel for her phone, Meg’s heart beat fast as she banged away on the keypad. She had been looking for an excuse to communicate since last week’s trivia event. This was pretty weak. She went for it anyway.

How are you surviving without the coffee rolls from the stand outside Sullivan?

The response was immediate. I’m not.

OMG, you’re dying? she typed, but then scrutinized her own words. It seemed insensitive considering Sasha’s mother had died only a little over a year ago. She deleted it. Do you still come over this way to get them? She was genuinely curious, but as she looked the question over it sounded like an invite. Erasing it, she took another stab. Should I have one sent to your apartment? She shrugged. Fuck it. She pressed the send arrow before wimping out.

Um…yes, please. More bubbles appeared before she could respond. Even better, hand deliver it! I have coffee…

Meg smiled. LOL, she answered. Nice, safe, noncommittal.

So that’s a no?

I’m at work sadly.

Boo. Only a second passed before another message appeared. And who are you kidding? You’re not sad. You love it there.

Sasha knew her too well. I know. But I have a meeting at Dillinger Pharmco this afternoon and I’m really not ready for it.

You’ll be fine. You always are. The sentence was punctuated with a smiley face and Meg thought they might be done, but then another text appeared right away. Hey, Dillinger’s HQ is right over by Hunter College, right? I have class later. Any chance you’re free for lunch?

Meg frowned even as she tried to mentally juggle her schedule. She’d been balancing a heavy client load in the hopes of garnering a promotion that rarely went to an associate at her level. Today was jam-packed. Preliminary prep work to square away a small project she’d just been assigned, a think tank meeting with the senior staff and Anne at ten, and then the Dillinger meeting at two. She was going to need every free minute between now and then to be a hundred and ten percent ready. There was just no way.

Sorry, swamped today.

Too bad. Oh, well, if you need to kill any time, I’ll be over in the library studying away. Good luck today!

Meg racked her brain for a good response but nothing came to her. She scrolled the emoji keypad instead, her eyes drawn to hearts, smiles, and kissy-faces.

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