London Harmony: Minuette by Erik Schubach

Author:Erik Schubach [Schubach, Erik]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erik Schubach
Published: 2015-12-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9 – Inching Closer

I looked down at my mobile when it buzzed just before I got to work. I grinned, it was from Mindy. “Have a wonderful day!” I found myself blushing. I really loved it when she did random things like that. It let me know that she was thinking of me. It made me feel... special.

Before I could stop my fingers, I shot a little heart back to her. Bloody hell. I need to get my head out of the clouds and think before I act. She probably wouldn't think anything of it.

I saw a couple workers head through the black door into London Harmony as I got off the coach. When I reached the door, I heard someone turning the knob and I quickly knocked three times before Jen could pull it open. She was grinning like a loon as she said, “Drat, not fast enough.”

I just gave a smug grin right back as I stepped in, my head held imperiously. She had the last laugh though as she followed me as I moved quickly through the lobby and froze at her desk. Shite. I hurried back past her to get my steps right. She burst out into giggles. “Serves you right lady.”

I took the high road, one of us had to be an adult about it, so I stuck my tongue out at her as I passed by with the correct count this time. She giggled some more. I smiled to myself, there was no way anyone could get upset with that woman. I snuck a peek down at her as I headed up the stairs. What? Only human, remember?

No sooner had I cleaned the green room, then I poured two coffees and headed up to what Fran was now calling 'the Nest', coffee in hand. Then the evil woman dropped a big stack of books on the desk in front of me. She had a wicked gleam in her eyes as she pointed at three other stacks. “These are the senior yearbooks we were able to get from five years back. One hundred and twelve, that's not even half of them so this may be a futile effort. Just skim through them and see if you recognize the woman who paid you to seed the music.”

I blinked. “One hundred and twelve?”

She chuckled and pointed to seven huge boxes stacked along one of the workbenches. “Just in that year, we have four other years to go through too.” She gave a toothy grin with wide eyes.

I really felt guilty. I felt bad before, but now this was going to be the biggest waste of money for them as I faked it.

I had gone through fifteen books by the time she said she had to head off to class. She was sifting through the ones I had already been through with her feet up on the desk as she read out loud what people had written to whoever had owned the books.

As soon as she disappeared down the stairs, I just slid the rest of that year over to her side of the desk.

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