Fixing Him, Fixing Her: A Short Romance by Lucy J. Johanson

Author:Lucy J. Johanson [Johanson, Lucy J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crater of the North Publishing
Published: 2017-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

8

Minnie walked into the college building, heading for Graham’s office where he told her to meet him earlier. She was wearing a short green dress she had chosen after taking a ridiculous amount of time to decide what made her look feminine without appearing to put herself on display. This was a serious meeting, not a date.

Arriving at his open office she found him at his desk, pen behind his ear, looking at a file.

“Hey,” she said knocking on the door frame.

He raised his head and smiled at her. “Hey, come in. We got a lot to do.”

She took a seat on the other side of the table and took out a big manila envelope from her purse. “This is everything on the property.”

Graham took the envelope from her and started through its content.

They sat in silence.

Minnie watched Graham read the contents of her envelope. He didn’t seem bothered by the absence of conversation, nor by her fixed attention on him.

People walked by.

Cars started outside and drove away.

Others arrived and idled. Doors closed.

“You said a friend of yours is gonna be here,” she said.

“He’s not coming,” Graham replied without taking his eyes off the paper. “I’ve volunteered to represent you. Pro-bono.”

“Pro-bono? That means free, right?”

“Correct.”

“Why?” she asked, a bit surprised.

“Well, there’s really no need. Just a waste of money and the case is winnable.”

“Yeah?”

“In your favor of course,” he added.

“Hope you know what you’re doing.” Her eyes stung with worry. She blinked away the tears.

“Of course I know what I’m doing,” he said tapping his name tag on his desk.

Minnie chuckled, dispelling any notion of tears.

She looked round his office while he made notes. Her eyes met a star chart on the wall behind him. “Into astrology?”

Graham looked up from what he was doing. “Astronomy.”

“Well, what’s the difference? Both involve staring at stars.”

“Nope. Astrology is hokum that suggests the time of year you are born dictates your personality type, and can also predict the future. Astronomy is a study of actual stars and things that are real. Quantifiable.”

“Someone’s passionate about his hobbies.”

Graham placed his pen down, seemingly happy to break off. “My mother always said to aim for the stars and you might hit the moon.”

“And this is you aiming?”

“Dreaming, I guess.”

“And did you? Hit the moon, I mean?”

Graham spread his arms. “I’m here with you, aren’t I?”

Minnie stood to look closer at the star chart, leaning over the desk. Graham hadn’t moved. She realized her cleavage lingered mere breaths away from Graham’s head.

He snapped his eyes away from them, pretending he hadn’t been gifted an accidental eyeful.

She blushed and sat back in her chair, and fiddled with her phone waiting for Graham to speak. Neither mentioned the moment, although they did drop into personal information—Graham’s position here at the college, his potential tenure, a bit about his colleagues; Minnie told him about her parents’ sudden deaths, her rekindling of a high school romance, and how she set up here mainly to be around him but stayed despite the relationship sputtering out.

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