Loving Rosenfeld by Leighann Hart

Author:Leighann Hart [Hart, Leighann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crooked Hart Press
Published: 2021-01-27T18:30:00+00:00

Peter kicked himself for being eight minutes late as he sprinted through the hallway to his office. He flipped on the lights as the fire in his lungs subsided from running most of the way to the newspaper building. Blinding fluorescence flooded the room, further agitating the migraine rattling around in his skull.

While the outdated desktop computer started up, he made use of the time by checking the voicemails on the clunky landline. The red, flashing number on the device indicated five new messages.

“Hey, Peter, this is Brad from the Audubon Society. I got your message about scheduling an interview and wanted to follow up. If Wednesday works for you, I’m …”

Fuck Brad. Fuck birds. Fuck Harris.

Peter wanted to crawl between his sheets and sleep the next decade away. He clutched his stomach as a crippling siege of nausea overpowered him.

“Oh, God.”

Looking around in a frenzy, he snatched the mesh wastebasket beneath his desk. A waterfall of vomit flowed into the trash can, oozing through the metal cross hatching. He cursed the uselessness of the mesh material as his spell of sickness tapered off.

“Rosenfeld, would you mind …” Mr. Roberts materialized in the doorway.

Self-consciousness threatened to further wreck Peter’s immune system as his boss studied the unsightly pool seeping out of the wastebasket and onto the carpet.

Mr. Roberts removed his gold-wired glasses and examined his sickly employee; thick hair in disarray, an unshaven face, dark circles framing his bloodshot eyes, slacks wrinkled beyond repair.

“Go home, Rosenfeld.”

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