Switchback by S.W. Andersen

Author:S.W. Andersen [Andersen, S.W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S.W. Andersen Books
Published: 2017-06-07T23:00:00+00:00

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Ronni waited until Sierra had gone before getting dressed and heading out. When she was on a mission, she wasn’t one to dilly-dally. She pulled up to the building, slipped a young man named Billy a twenty, and made like a stealth bomber through the halls to her destination. She had it on good authority from Billy, whom she had met while testing games, that the doctor liked to work on Sunday—every day actually—and she was not known to do much socializing after hours.

This knowledge reaffirmed Ronni’s belief that Kara, despite her display with the motorcycle, was still too stiff and boring for her liking. But she wasn’t the one fawning over her, so she was going to fulfill her best friend duty—the one she had solemnly sworn to perform after the “Jen debacle” in high school that left a lovesick Sierra a broken-hearted shadow of herself. Never again. Not on her watch.

When she reached Kara’s office door, a quick jimmy with her credit card got her inside. It may have been a high-tech research lab, but they still had old school locks. A six-year-old could pick them. Flipping on the lights, she took a lap around the sterile office space, pausing to peruse the book case full of various kinesiology and anatomy books before turning the lights off again and settling into Kara’s large leather office chair.

“So comfy,” she muttered into the dark space as she leaned back and kicked her feet up on the desk. Now all she had to do was wait.

A half an hour later, Kara opened the door to her office and flipped the lights on. When her eyes met Ronni’s, she jumped back against the door startled, fumbling to hold onto her stack of files before they scattered across the floor. “Geeze, Ronni! Again? Shit! You have to stop doing this.” She set the files on top of her bookcase and blew out a heavy breath.

“What’s shakin’, Doc?” Ronni wanted to laugh, but she was here for serious reasons.

“Now what? I did as you asked. Sierra and I are good now. Thank you for arranging the meeting.” Kara folded her arms across her chest and cast her a stern glance.

“First, you’re welcome. Second, you did good. She’s happy as a clam now, whatever that saying means.”

“It refers to a clam at high tide,” Kara began spouting the factoid as if it were spit straight out of a computer. “The saying originated in the eighteen hundred’s. That’s when they’re safest from predators and their shell opens. It appears as if they’re smiling.”

This time Ronni did laugh. Sierra was seriously crushing on a hard-core geek. “Yeah well, it’s annoying,” she stated. “But thanks for that. Might help me win a bet one day.” She rolled her eyes, dropped her feet and pushed up from the chair. With her game face back in place, she moved to within three feet of the doctor and stopped, matching Kara’s defensive posture by folding her own arms across her chest. “You didn’t let me finish.

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