Make Your Move by Laura Heffernan

Author:Laura Heffernan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Published: 2019-09-01T17:23:46+00:00

Chapter 12

“I’m not a poor loser. Come on, no one likes losing.” —Gwen

Between my excitement at attending the conference and planning for Nana’s upcoming wedding, the next few weeks flew by. I managed to bury my humiliation at the botched interview. Spending all my spare time working on Speak Easy with Tyler even made waiting for Jameson to announce his replacement bearable. With luck, the game would be ready to go to play testers by the end of the summer.

As long as we competed for the same promotion, Dennis remained on his best behavior. Mostly that meant he ignored me, but I’d take a total lack of discussion over ogling my boobs, making thinly veiled sexual references, or snidely questioning my competence. He and Megan spent more and more time together, working on some secret project, and I enjoyed the temporary reprieve.

Before I knew it, the weekend of the conference arrived. Although technically Ryan had been my partner for the team-building exercise, he agreed that Tyler deserved to go with me. He’d not only come up with the winning idea, but he’d helped me present it. Besides, Ryan didn’t want to leave Zoe before she’d fully recovered.

When the first day of BoardGameNerd Con arrived, we woke up early to fly to Dallas. I couldn’t contain myself. Two days of playing games, conversations with manufacturers (some of whom might be hiring remotely, if I was very lucky), and a chance to get out of the office for a few days. Throw in the fact that I’d be traveling with a good friend and that the trip was free for both of us, and it was my perfect weekend.

If I needed anything else to be happy about, Nana and Michael were getting married the day after we returned. A four-day weekend of relaxation, games, and celebrating love. What more could a person need?

My happiness shone back at me from Tyler’s face every time I looked at him. Even though he didn’t make games, he loved playing as much as I did. When our flight landed, we rushed to the taxi line, then headed straight for the hotel, eager to get checked in and start exploring the conference as soon as possible.

After we got our keys, we took the elevator up to the seventh floor. Tyler opened the door and went ahead of me into the room. In my eagerness, I plowed straight into his back. “Oof! Ow. What are you doing?”

“Sorry,” he said. “Take a look.”

He moved out of the way, and I rolled my suitcase up beside him. The room looked nice. Thick, heavy navy-blue drapes held open with silver cords. A plush dark-blue patterned carpet that would eat my high heels if I weren’t careful. Inside the bathroom door, I glimpsed a tub roughly the size of my entire bathroom at home. So what was the problem? I didn’t spend nearly as much time in hotels as, say, Gwen, but this place met all my needs and then some. Did

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