Finders Keepers by Karin Kallmaker

Author:Karin Kallmaker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781594930720
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2007-02-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Swallowing around a mouthful of Take It Off Premium Energy Bar, Marissa managed to make a garbled response to the intercom.

“Mm—yeah?”

Heather said intensely, “The sales staff is in their meeting and we’ve got a new client in reception with questions about her paperwork.”

“What’s Octavia doing?”

“She’s on the line and not responding.”

“I’ll see how long she’s going to be.”

Putting down the remaining half of her lunch bar, Marissa stuck her head around the corner to see what Ocky was up to.

Ocky’s back was to the door as she said, “Look, Mr. Patterson, if that is your real name, we have an obligation to all our clients.

You’ve prepared your paperwork under one name and paid the enrollment fee with another. We don’t allow aliases of any kind because any relationship that begins with a lie won’t succeed. We 141

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are about success in the long term. I can only presume that you aren’t seriously looking for a romantic relationship and therefore I’m returning your fee.”

Marissa ducked back into her office. Ocky would be on that call for a while. This guy Patterson had also failed one of the consistency tests they applied to the profile statistics his questionnaire answers had created. Everything suggested he was creating a false persona to get dates for the purpose of sex only. And that was not what Finders Keepers promised its clients.

Ocky’s little speech about starting a relationship with a lie like a false name made her think about Linda. Ocky would say that Linda had never meant to begin a romantic relationship that could endure. If she had, she’d have given her real name and given Marissa the means to contact her. Marissa was so glad she’d not told Ocky about Linda. No point in Ocky knowing what a fool she’d been.

She could almost make herself hate Linda but then she’d remember a hundred good feelings and that incredible night of lovemaking and the most she could feel was regret for a lovely but broken dream.

She checked her reflection, still a little startled by the sleeker haircut and professionally done highlights. Bianca and Heather had mightily approved and she did like it. Fumbling in her desk drawer, she came up with a pair of earrings. At least this sweater was new and looked nice on her. The food deprivation, in its third week, had had some initial results. She hated being hungry all the time and the choices were boring. She also felt weak during her workouts and had had to scale back. This past week her weight loss had stopped altogether again.

She greeted the new client in the reception area and escorted her to a small conference room. “I’m so sorry for the delay. Most of our staff is in a meeting for the rest of the hour. I’m Marissa Chabot, one of the owners of Finders Keepers. I hope I can answer all of your questions.”

“I’m Andrea Curel. I signed up last week and I’ve been filling out the questionnaire but I have some questions.

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