Promise Me (The Me Novellas) by Gates Shelby

Author:Gates, Shelby [Gates, Shelby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

TEN

I called the hotel two days later. I’d just taken a shower and was sitting on my bed, combing the tangles out of my hair. It was almost nine o’clock, an hour before Grant was due in. The last thing I wanted was to have him answer the phone. The front desk clerk, a girl whose voice I didn’t recognize, transferred me to Jonathan in the Human Resources department.

He picked up on the third ring, a deep baritone voice. Pleasant.

I took a deep breath and told him who I was. And why I was calling.

“Emma Wakefield?” he asked. “The name doesn’t ring a bell.”

“I turned it in a couple of days ago,” I said. “I left it at the front desk.”

I heard papers shuffling. “Hold for one moment. I’ll take a look.”

An instrumental version of Let It Be played in my ear as I waited, nervous anticipation building. I imagined Jonathan rummaging through sheafs of paper on a cluttered desk, finally unearthing my application. Maybe he was one of those scatterbrain types, forever losing things. Or maybe he’d stuck a post-it to my papers, reminding himself to call me for an interview. Or maybe he’d handed it off to an incompetent assistant and was berating him or her at that very moment.

“Ms. Wakefield?” He was back. “I’m sorry, I don’t see any application. You’re sure you left it here?”

I swallowed. “Yes.”

“Do you remember who you left it with?” His voice was cool, pleasant, but something about it made me hesitate. I didn’t know what to think about the Human Resources department not having my application but the last thing I wanted to do was get Grant in trouble.

“No I don’t,” I lied. “I didn’t really pay attention.”

“I see,” Jonathan said. “I’m not sure how it didn’t get to me. The protocol for passing on applications is pretty straight-forward here. If you’d like to come by and fill out a new one, you’re certainly welcome to do so. We have some part-time positions open in both housekeeping and the gift shop.”

The seed of doubt grew ten-fold in my stomach. “OK,” I managed to say. “Thank you.”

I ended the call and fell back onto my pillow. He hadn’t turned it in. I played the scene over in my head. Filling out the two-page application, handing it over to Grant. His reluctance. And then, when I’d noticed, his hasty reassurances. Tears stung my eyes and I wiped at them furiously. I was not going to cry over this. I closed my eyes to stem the tears and tried to think.

I couldn’t tell Sage. She would freak, after she gloated a little about being right. I shook my head. As much as I loved her, I wasn’t ready for that reaction.

I debated calling Grant. Confronting him over the phone, asking him just what the hell he’d done with the application I’d given him. But I wasn’t sure I was ready for the answer he was going to give me.

I sat up, the back of my shirt damp from my wet hair.

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