Just a Little Romance by Mary Jane Russell

Author:Mary Jane Russell [Russell, Mary Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Lesbians, General, Dating (Social Customs), Love Stories
ISBN: 9781935216254
Google: iIOjuAAACAAJ
Amazon: 1935216252
Publisher: Intaglio Publications
Published: 2011-02-01T18:30:12+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Sam shifted her balance from one foot to the other, maintaining the constant smile on her face as she tried not to think about how much her feet hurt. She glanced down at the table to make sure all the brochures and marketing giveaways were available. She adjusted the folding metal frame behind her that displayed the state and county flags in tiers. She told herself again that she loved working trade shows, and she actually did for the first day or two.

By midweek, the crowd was shifting from those who saw no potential and were leaving early for weekend plans at home to those coming in for the banquet that would wrap the conference up. Most deals were made during the last evening of vendors and clients on their own when the sorting of players and observers had taken place. There was nothing quite like the rush of a deal falling into place after days of exchanging counteroffers.

Sam was close to signing a lease with a computer expert who wanted to spin off on his own to develop highly specialized software for the nuclear industry. Sam knew little about domestic nuclear energy, but she read the confidence and expertise of the man—he was definitely on to something. Sam’s deals were small, but she took great satisfaction in helping a startup business connect with established industry giants. It was all about outsourcing and keeping payrolls lean—perfect circumstances for a small independent company to sell its services. Everything always came down to timing.

Sam noticed the woman passing her booth for the second time that hour—a brunette with a pixie haircut, killer red dress, and fuck-me stiletto heels. She might weigh 120 pounds fully clothed and was just over five feet tall. “I wonder what her business is,” Sam said to herself. The woman carefully looked everywhere along the wide aisle except at Sam.

Sam glanced at her watch. Officially, two more hours to go and the night was hers. She couldn’t wait to change into her bathing suit and soak in the indoor pool and heated Jacuzzi while ordering frothy drinks. Most of her bruising had faded and was unnoticeable except in extremely bright light. She had seen no evidence of KD in the neighborhood before she packed up her displays and clothes and left Richmond for a week at Chicago’s McCormick Place—the Mecca of all trade shows by sheer square footage and number of vendors, not to mention Chicago as a backdrop. She had already taken her computer expert, as she liked to think of him, for a steak dinner and Second City comedy.

The brunette passed Sam’s booth again, this time approaching the table. “You’re from Virginia,” she said as she browsed the business information from the county, state, and chamber of commerce.

“Just outside its capital,” Sam said, extending her hand. “Samantha Moyer, manager of the Chesterfield County business development program.”

The woman nodded. “I’ve read about those, providing shared services to startup companies. Are you in a renovated school or a new building?”

“New,” Sam said, smiling.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.