Piece of My Heart by Layce Gardner & Saxon Bennett

Author:Layce Gardner & Saxon Bennett [Gardner, Layce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Square Pegs Ink
Published: 2016-11-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

On the day of Brooklyn’s birthday potluck, Jenna and Dale had called a pre-meeting with their clients. They wanted to avoid another disaster at all costs. Jenna paced her office floor. “Okay, how can we make this work?”

“By work, do you mean not destroy anything at the potluck?” Dale asked.

“Yes, I’m afraid of our clients’ capacity to wreak havoc and I don’t think I’m being paranoid here,” Jenna said.

“I think you might be just a teensy bit pessimistic,” Dale said, putting her index finger and thumb together with a quarter inch gap in between.

“Really?” Jenna said. She raised one eyebrow.

“All right, you may have a point. But every activity can’t go wrong. Besides this potluck is prime hunting ground for finding dates. I bet it’s a big party, which means lots of potential single women.”

“Unless everyone’s a couple,” Jenna said. “Or a player, or philanderer, or emotionally unavailable, has abandonment issues, is a control freak…” She stopped pacing and slunk down into her office chair. She was depressing herself.

“Stop already,” Dale said.

“It could happen.”

“In case you’ve forgotten, this is our business. To be successful, we’ve got to be positive.”

“Okay, Tony Robbins,” Jenna said.

“Why are you in such a foul mood?”

“I stubbed my toe on Lee’s case of wine.”

“Tell me you didn’t leave it sitting in the middle of the floor,” Dale said. She turned the coffee maker on in preparation of the meeting.

“It’s heavy.”

“You couldn’t take the wine bottles out one at a time?”

Jenna didn’t look at her. She lined up the paper clip holder and stapler on her desk.

“Let me guess, you’re tormenting yourself,” Dale said.

Jenna didn’t answer. They both knew she was. She lined up the pencils and pens.

“Why do you do this to yourself?” Dale asked. “You’ve gone through all the stages of loss. It’s time to move on. And what about Brooklyn? You think she’s hot and she’s nice. She’s well grounded, has a job and a car, probably even a 401k. And she likes you. It looks like a win-win to me.”

“It might have something to do with getting dumped out of the blue. I think I may have abandonment issues.”

“It could’ve been worse and even more embarrassing had Lee stayed in town. I was reading online that some dumpees hide their girlfriend’s car keys and hang onto their leg while the dumper tries to get out the door. Just think how embarrassing it would’ve been seeing Lee at a potluck after that. I’m thinking the clean break and subsequent disappearance was a good thing.”

“People really do that? Hang on to their leg?”

“According to what I read.”

“Speaking of which,” Jenna said, changing the subject, “did you find some dating tips online?”

“I sure did.” Dale handed her a file folder. “I made copies for our clients. They can use them for a study guide.”

“Seriously?” Jenna asked.

Dale gave her the “reprimanding” look usually reserved for Taylor as she handed over the file folder.

“All right, Tony Robbins. I’ll give them a look. And you’re right, as a dating coordinator I do need to more positive.

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