Her First Game by Suzanne Hart

Author:Suzanne Hart [Hart, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

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I felt like complete shit about that meeting with Russ and Dahlia. I had never seen her that upset, and I hated myself for being the cause of it. But the board members had been clear, the team was in peril, something had to be done. Whatever was going on in this season, it was having a direct impact on the field. The only variable, the common denominator with this new season was the new hire, Dahlia. The board had a point about that. And even though I couldn’t be sure what the right solution was, I was sure the wrong one was to do nothing.

I wanted Dahlia to understand that, but it seemed like she didn’t even care to. She came into this job with her fantasies and her ironclad view of the world as if she knew exactly how everything should be, how everyone should act. But who was she to make those calls? She needed to be more open-minded. Why couldn’t she at least make an effort to understand this culture that she had thrust herself into? And yet, I didn’t even have a hope of talking to her to explain myself or to get the answers to these questions because she wouldn’t answer any of my calls or respond to my texts. I knew that in situations like this, I was supposed to give her space, some time to cool off or something. But when a week past by and I couldn’t get a hold of her at her work phone or cell and she managed to be mysteriously, “out” every time I went by her office, I knew I had to really do something. I hated to think that she was sitting somewhere hating me. I missed her. And I was sorry I had made her feel so terrible, whatever the reason.

I knocked on her door on the evening of the ninth day, flowers in my hand because I assumed they had been such a hit in the past. When she opened the door, my heart soared at the sight of her. Even though she was standing there with an oversized nightshirt on and sofi shorts, with her hair tied up and her face devoid of all makeup, she was the most gorgeous thing on this planet.

“Yes?” She crossed her arms, her eyes drifting to the flowers before settling back at my face.

I felt so terrible for making her feel bad. “You haven’t been answering my calls.”

“So you brought me flowers?”

“I wanted you to know how sorry I am.”

“For what?”

I gazed at her, an even stare on my face. “Can I please just come in?”

As she stared at me, her gaze softened. She stepped aside, gesturing for me to enter. When I stepped in, she shut the door behind me. I followed her down the short hallway of her one-story house. “I like what you’ve done with your place,” I said, taking in the photographs she had hung on the walls, the yellow and orange curtains in her living room, the small tree she had in her breakfast area.

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