Find Me I'm Yours by Hillary Carlip

Author:Hillary Carlip [Carlip, Hillary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7953-4327-8
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Published: 2014-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

DAY 8—MORNING

The next morning, I took the bus to work thanks to the $3.00 I borrowed—and will return, that’s how it’s done, roomie—from S.H.A.R.I.’s uh, thong drawer. During the hour ride, I fashioned a monocle from the broken piece of lens, a necklace chain, glue, and part of a pin I found at the bottom of a box of jewelry I brought with me from New York. I thought it was fitting that the pin featured Joan of Arc, who was known for her visions.

I rehearsed what I’d say to Coco so many times in my head, when I finally arrived at the office and saw she wasn’t even there, it all left me, like an actor freezing on stage. I tried to busy myself with actual work, but the only thing I could do was wonder obsessively if Coco had come up with an even bigger lie for Blake (involving me) and slept over, spending the whole night with Mark or not. Finally, she strolled in twenty minutes late, and I actually got nauseous. She was all perky, and so foreign to me; it was like I had never met her before.

“Mornin’, Mags!” She saw my scraped hands and knees. “What the hell happened to you?”

I didn’t even know where to start. “I can’t fucking believe you,” I began quietly.

“Why, because I’m late?”

“Oh, I guess Mark kept you up all night?”

“WHAT?!?!”

“I know you were with him,” I said, standing up from my chair. “How dare you drag me into this. I was starting to like him. I actually slept with him! I can’t fucking believe you,” I repeated.

Coco moved in close and whispered, “I didn’t think you would sleep with him. I kept trying to keep you away from him. I swear.”

“Except when it was convenient to use me as a cover with Blake. How could you cheat on your husband?!” I yelled.

“OK, shhh… everyone can hear you.”

“So? You don’t want them to know you’re a cheater and liar? And this whole time you’ve been so down on Jason for cheating on me. What a fucking hypocrite!”

“I can explain,” she said.

“You could have a million great excuses and nothing could explain this away.”

“Please just hear me out,” Coco begged.

“So you can lie to me again? How am I ever going to trust a word that comes out of your disgusting mouth?”

Just then, Malcolm came barreling in. “Whoa, ladies. This is a workplace, not a dive bar. Keep it down.”

“Sorry, Malcolm,” Coco said.

“I was actually coming in to offer you a location assignment, Maggie.”

“Yeah, whatever,” was all I could say. I just wanted my boss to leave.

“Honestly, your attitude lately has sucked,” Malcolm started in on me. “You’re late coming in all the time, never meet deadlines, now you and Coco are fighting in front of everyone. It’s not cool, Maggie.”

“Sorry….”

“If you really want to keep this job, I’ll give you one chance to earn it. I’m sending you to the Florida Keys for four days to cover a shark cage wedding.

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