Flotilla_The Temp by Erik Schubach

Author:Erik Schubach [Schubach, Erik]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erik Schubach
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8 – Nosy Birds

JJ was chuckling at me the moment closing time rolled around, and I was off and running to the tube. We closed at four every night, to avoid rush hour, and that gave me an hour to get to the Flotilla to see how Reid's first day had gone.

I ran from the station to Flotilla Pier and skidded to a stop before rounding the corner of the row of little tenant storage sheds. I didn't want to seem overly anxious. I walked at a relaxed and sedate pace, trying to look aloof, forcing my legs not to take off in a mad dash.

It was so paramount to me that my unorthodox family take a liking to Reid. I was so anxious that I wanted to wring my hands in nervous apprehension but forced myself to act normal. Reid was such an important part of my life now, an irreplaceable part. I've been so selfish, wanting to keep hir all to myself, but now that I've decided to share hir, I really wanted them to see hir for how spectacularly amazing the Reidster was.

I tried not to run up the steps two at a time to the pilot house of the Persephone but realized I probably couldn't as my legs had started to shake. Come on Christine, pull it together. I glanced back and hesitated when I saw a familiar clunky old Hillman Imp sedan in the VIP parking space. Tabby was here? Well, the Flotilla was hers after all, but... why was she here this late. When she visited, it was usually the weekends, as Paya always came in 'just to check in,' or around lunch to steal Paya away.

Had she met Reid then? Of course she had, Reid had texted me about lunch.

I was obsessing, hoping she, like the others, saw my imp as the shining star ze was.

I stepped inside, right in the middle of an argument between Paya and Tabitha. It had way too many smiles and an overuse of the word bint interspersed in the back and forth between the two best mates.

I brought two fingers to my lips and whistled shrilly to get their attention before they started throwing popcorn at each other from the bowl between them on the small conference table. Because normally Lenore would be the one to clean up the destruction of one of their food fights, and with her off doing things I don't want to imagine with the illustrious Hunter McGrath, it would probably fall to me or even Reid to clean up.

Speaking of. Where was Reid? Probably off on a run.

It amazed me how, just since I came to London, the sheer volume of deliveries Lenny has had to make in a day had increased almost exponentially with each new property the Flotilla acquired to help the less fortunate people in the city.

But Len had this knack for making every delivery each day and never falling behind. A byproduct of her driving, which terrorizes all of London when she is on the streets, and earned her the name Speedy.

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