Just Her Type by Laudat Reon

Author:Laudat, Reon [Laudat, Reon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-24T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Minutes later, after unknitting several funky stitches and knitting replacements, Selena ended their stand-off with a weary sigh. “I’m sorry, Kendra. That last comment was hitting below the belt. You see, I wanted Desperate Passages. I was counting on it. Things haven’t been going well for me lately. I’m scared. If Winn-Aster does another round of cuts…”

“You could lose your job,” Kendra said. She knew all about the constant fear of getting downsized. It was one of the reasons she’d opened her own agency. More control.

“I don’t even want to think about it,” Selena said, looking at the black gadget wrapped around her left wrist. She closed her eyes and slowly drew in deep breaths. Alyssa and Kendra stared at her in bewilderment and then Kendra recalled Selena had mentioned enrolling in a Transcendental Meditation class.

“Focus on the positive, the grand scheme,” Selena chanted as her rigid posture relaxed and her tone softened. Just like that. “It’s not as if I’m ready to drag a razor across my wrists or anything crazy like that because I didn’t get one book. And I wouldn’t give that jerk the satisfaction of coming between us.” Again she glanced at one of two gadgets on her wrist.

For the first time, Kendra was grateful for that ghoulish tracker Selena had started wearing four months ago, along with her calorie-heart-rate-and-distance monitor. While the FitStrip helped its wearer with exercise goals, the new one consistently calculated the moments, minutes, hours, and days its wearer supposedly had left to live. Selena believed it helped her focus on obtaining mental-fitness goals, reduced her tendency toward trivial squabbles, and aided in her quest to “live in the moment.” Selena intoned a few more positive affirmations that sounded like cruise ship slogans and then turned her attention back to Kendra.

“Thank goodness,” Kendra said. “Do you mind if I mention this discussion to him? Maybe he can provide more insight.”

“Go on, if you want, but he already knows how I feel.”

“The three of us can do lunch,” Kendra added.

“Pass,” Selena said. “I don’t need to see that disingenuous emoticon smile of his for a while, make that a long while.”

“But what if he has another great project he thinks you might like?” Alyssa asked.

“He can go kick rocks,” Selena said. “Then find another sap. Fool me once…”

Until Selena had moved beyond the urge to knee Dominic in the groin, lunch probably wasn’t a good idea, Kendra conceded. “But after you get to know him, outside business, you might feel differently. He’s a lot of fun. As you’ve said, there was a time when I spat some fire at the mention of his name.”

“And now you’re all dewy-eyed and purring like a kitten,” Alyssa said.

“Not quite. It’s an interesting friendship. I think he’s a good guy,” Kendra said.

“Are you in love?” Selena inquired with only a slight edge.

“Again? I know that’s what you want to add. I’m actually more circumspect these days, far less amenable to getting swept off my feet.” Kendra went on to tell them more about her Cupid4You.

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