Hurricane Watch by Melissa Good

Author:Melissa Good [Good, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Gay, Fiction, Lesbian, Romance, Lesbians, Miami (Fla.)
ISBN: 9781935053002
Google: raFpNAAACAAJ
Amazon: 1935053000
Publisher: Yellow Rose by RCE
Published: 2001-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Fourteen

DAR SHUT THE door to her inner office behind her just as the outer door opened and three figures barged inside and headed in her direction. “What in the hell do you want?” she snapped.

“What do we want?” José spluttered. “Half the company is down and what the hell are you doing about it?” he said. “That’s what we want!” He indicated Steven and Eleanor, who were behind him. “You’re not going to blow us off again.”

“Sure I am.” Dar headed for the door, which they were standing in front of. “I’d advise you moving your asses out of my way.”

“Hold on, Dar.” Eleanor held a hand up, her voice serious. “Come on now. You owe us some kind of explanation as to what’s going on. We have customers to answer to.”

Addressed reasonably, Dar paused and regarded her. “Charlotte data center’s down,” she said. “They have no access to the building. I’m going up there to find out what can be done to restore service.”

“So you have no backup for those customers?” Steven spoke up.

“We have no backup for those customers,” Dar replied evenly.

“Joint budgetary decision.” She flexed her hands on her crutches. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a plane to catch.”

“And if you can’t do anything?” Steven stood in her way. “Then what? Maybe your dear buddy in Houston won’t be able to protect you any more?” He stared steadily at her. “Trust me. I’ll use that. You should have stayed gone.”

“You should have been aborted at birth. Guess the world’s just full of little pitfalls like that,” Dar replied. “Now get out of my way or I’ll call security and have you thrown out.”

José had the grace to look uncomfortable. “Hey, come on,” he said.

“Let’s not be animals to each other. This is a serious thing.”

“I am serious,” Dar said. “You want something done? Fine. I’m doing something. Now get the hell out of the way or else do it yourself.”

She started for the door. “I’m not standing here arguing with you.”

For a moment, she thought she was going to have to fight her way out of her office. It was stupid, and insane, and Dar was suddenly very tired thinking about it. But they moved aside and let her go by, and she headed down the hallway with them trailing after her.

She wondered if they realized how much she wished she’d stayed 186

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gone now too, the hostility beating at her back bringing her to question again whether staying here, going through this again, and again and again was a good decision for any of them.

Maybe she could convince Kerry they should go somewhere else, after they got the current problem sorted out. Fix this one last thing, and then give the company the finger? Dar keyed the elevator.

Having Alastair fly out had been great for her ego, but in the long run, what was the point? She turned and regarded the three sales and marketing executives fuming silently behind her and wondered aloud.

“What in the hell do you want from me?”

“What do we want?” Eleanor blurted.

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