I'll Be Your Everything by J.J. Murray

Author:J.J. Murray [Murray, J.J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp
Published: 2012-02-28T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

I rush to Tia. “Any calls? Any messages? Did Corrine call?” I feel like an ad exec already. My pulse is racing, I don’t say “hello” to my only friend here, and all I do is ask questions without waiting for an answer.

“No.” She hands me a Post-it. “Your meeting is at two p.m. Tuesday.”

“Thanks.”

She squints. “Have you been crying, Shari?”

I nod. “It’s just some stress. I’ll be okay.”

“Are you sure it is only stress?” she asks.

“There’s more to it, but I’ll manage.”

She points to her phone. “You want me to open up the floodgates?”

“Um, sure.”

I go to my desk, unloading and sorting through my notes. What an unholy mess! I can’t go in to see Mr. Dunn with these. This isn’t very professional at all. I just don’t have enough time to type them up. That’s how I’ll have to roll. I organize them as best as I can, putting the broadcast ads on top. I’m about to bolt for Mr. Dunn’s office, when my phone lights up.

Ted. “Hi, Ted.”

“Hi, Shari. Is Miss Ross back?”

“No, Ted.” Wait, I’m her. I have “her” receipts. “But I have all her receipts. She only has a few this time. Could you be a dear, Teddy, and do the report for me if I bring them to you?”

“Sure, Shari.”

So that’s how account executives roll. All they have to do is use some sweet talk and call people “Teddy.”

I go to Ted’s desk and hand him the receipts. “Here they are.”

Ted pores over them. “She flew to Atlanta and drove a rental the rest of the way? She never does that.”

I knew that. I should have flown the whole way to Macon.

“H and H?” he says. “This isn’t a fancy restaurant. Only twelve-fifty with tip.”

“Um, I hear Oprah visited there once,” I say. “I’m sure Miss Ross just wanted to see the place for herself, you know, soak up some of Oprah’s, um, presence.”

Ted doesn’t look up. “Hilton Hotel, okay. Room service? Is she sick?”

Do I mention the box jellyfish and Australia? I can’t. The less I have people talking about Corrine, the better, and a box jellyfish sting on a breast would zing around here in a heartbeat. “Not that I know of.”

“Is this all she gave you?” Ted asks.

Did I forget any? I don’t think so. “Yes.”

Ted squints. “How did she give these to you? I didn’t see her come in.”

Geez! This guy is MultiCorp’s neighborhood watch. “She met me outside, Ted.” Now be a good boy, and stop prying, Teddy.

“No waxing, manicures, spa treatments, client incentives.” He shrugs. “She’s normally over two grand on a trip. This one comes to a little less than a thousand.”

“She’s hard to figure, huh?” What? I could have spent a thousand more and no one would have blinked? “I’ll see you, Teddy.”

The light on my phone is blinking when I return. What does Piper in personnel want?

“Hello?”

“This is Piper in personnel.”

I’ll bet she spits when she says that. She’s a gruff old lady. “Yes?”

“I’ve been told that you’re here today, and yet you put in for a sick day.

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