Slipperless by Sloan Storm

Author:Sloan Storm [Sloan Storm]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-15T07:00:00+00:00

FIONA

For obvious reasons, I hadn’t shared the details of my fainting incident with my grandmother. She’d worry and lecture me about working too hard and being stressed about money. Ultimately she'd be upset about the debt again, and I had no interest in making her go through that.

And besides, I’d worry she was worried.

Anyway, it was better left unsaid.

However, I was excited to share the news with her about the project and the promotion I’d receive if I happened to win the competition. And so, as I did most evenings, I ate dinner with her in her room and readied myself to tell her once we’d finished.

We munched on a pot roast I’d thrown together before I left for work that morning. I sat in a recliner eating off a tray while she ate in bed, as usual. About halfway finished with my meal, I swallowed a piece of the savory, tender beef. Afterward, I dabbed at the corner of my mouth with my napkin and prepared to give her the good news, when she beat me to it with a question of her own.

“So how was work today, my dear? Are you enjoying it and getting along with everyone?”

“Yes,” I replied as placed my fork down on my plate. “Actually, I’ve got some very exciting news to share with you.”

“Oh?” she replied, as she finished a bite. “Well, that’s wonderful. Please, I’m all ears.”

For the next several minutes, I brought her up-to-date with my work on the Link Protocol and concluded with the meeting Gabe called earlier in the day. I explained how the competition worked and how the winner would receive a big raise and a promotion.

She listened intently. At least that was the case until I got to the part when I told her Gabe spoke to me in private after the meeting wrapped. For no sooner had I done so than my grandmother looked up at me in silence over the edges of her reading glasses, lips pursed.

“What?” I asked.

With a subtle smack of her mouth she said, “Are you sure this possible promotion is the only thing your boss is interested in?”

The space between my eyebrows wrinkled in confusion as I looked at her.

“What? I don’t understand what you mean.”

My grandmother raised her arm, extending an accusatory index finger in my direction in the process. “Romance in the workplace isn’t good idea, Fiona. In fact, it’s a terrible one.”

“What are you talking about? Who said anything about romance?”

As I finished speaking, she glared at me for several seconds. With her mouth closed, my grandmother slid her tongue across the front of her teeth in suspicion as I watched.

“What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Come sit over here Fiona,” she said, as she patted on the mattress with her palm.

By now, I’d stopped eating as well. As she issued her command, I crossed my arms at my chest.

“No. I don’t need a lecture, if that’s what you’re thinking of doing.”

“It’s not, dear. I just want to talk about your boss’ sudden interest in you.

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