Sit, Stay, Slay by V.M. Burns

Author:V.M. Burns
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Published: 2020-08-27T23:40:13+00:00

Chapter 17

The party ended not long after Red, Joe, and Dixon Vannover left. The board members welcomed me and then hurried on to other meetings. I noticed Dixie and Jacob cleaning up, and I hurried over to lend a hand.

Jacob waved me away. “There’s not much to do. Besides, you’re the guest of honor. You aren’t supposed to soil your hands with this trivial nonsense.”

“Pshaw. We’re a team.”

“There’s not much cleanup.” He grinned. “It hurt my heart to use disposable plates and plastic silverware, but . . . it sure makes life easy.”

Every piece of cake was gone. Dixie tossed the box into the trash. All of the champagne was gone too, and the empty bottles were also tossed. The plates, silverware, and napkins were chucked into the trash.

Jacob picked up the two bouquets of flowers. “Do you want me to put these in your office, or do you want to take them home?”

I thought for a moment. “My office.”

He put them on his cart. “Then I better get them in water.” Before leaving, he turned to Linda Kay. “You have another meeting in ten minutes.” Then he pushed the cart out of the room.

Linda Kay motored her scooter toward the door, and David jumped up to hold it open for her. She gave him a big smile. “I’ve got to scoot.” She waved and rolled a few feet before stopping and turning toward me. “Why don’t you take the afternoon off and enjoy your family. Tomorrow, we can talk about the specifics.”

I thanked her, and she rolled away.

I looked at Dixie, Stephanie, and David. “Thank you all for coming, but what do we do now?”

“How about we grab some lunch and figure it out,” Dixie said.

“I need to go upstairs to my office and get my purse.” I picked up my laptop. “And I need to take this back. I’ll be down in a few minutes, and we can go.”

I rushed upstairs. Jacob was quick. Both sets of flowers had been placed in beautiful crystal vases and were sitting on my desk. I stopped to sniff each and knew that I had a silly grin on my face, but I didn’t really care. I had a permanent job at a place I liked and got to work with people I liked. I snatched my purse from my desk drawer. Jacob wasn’t at his desk, and Linda Kay’s door was closed. So I hurried downstairs.

Dixie and Stephanie were waiting for me in Dixie’s Lexus. I climbed into the passenger seat and buckled up.

She pulled out of the parking lot, and that’s when I noticed David pull behind her. I turned to my friend. “Where are we going?”

“Stephanie sent a text to Joe letting the boys know we were going to Aretha Frankensteins.” She glanced in my direction. “You can’t spend time in Chattanooga without going there.” She made a quick right turn in front of a city bus and headed down an extremely narrow street with more speed than I would have deemed wise.

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