Thread: A Collection of Short Stories by Amanda Uechi Ronan

Author:Amanda Uechi Ronan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, short stories, sex, young adult, college, i, life choices, new adult, choices and sacrifices

Lissy sat in the leather chair of the conference room beside Simon and chewed on her pen. He batted at her forearm, shaking his head at the nervous habit, when the client turned to look at the finished campaign. Lissy stuck her tongue out at him. Simon smiled and shook his head. Sadly, this office banter made Simon her closest friend besides Raven.

The client stood with his hands clasped behind his back, looking at the gigantic print out of his granddaughter in a bikini. "She looks too tan," he remarked.

"I'm afraid her skin was a bit... flushed," Simon remarked. "We had to even it out so that she wouldn't look red in print."

The client nodded. "Bit too much cleavage too."

"Yes 'sir," Simon replied, looking through his folder. "It was the swimsuit you requested, though."

The client let out a large huff of breath - never a good sign - and turned with a shaking head. "No, I do not like it at all."

Simon raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

"What don't you like, sir? What can we fix?" Lissy asked.

The client sat down heavily in a chair opposite them. "I like the bikini. I like the idea. I do not like my granddaughter up there looking like a common..." He didn't finish the phrase, but Lissy muttered "slut" under her breath. She smiled outwardly, but shook her head vehemently on the inside. The old man wanted to see a girl in a bikini, just not his girl in a bikini.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to book a model with such short notice... at least if you still want the finished campaign by next week," Simon said.

The client puffed out his cheeks. "You can't find anyone?" he asked.

Simon shook his head, that nervous tic in his cheek becoming more pronounced by the second.

"You book the jump and I'll do it," Lissy suddenly blurted. When the client's and Simon's eyes jumped to her she added, "I've skydived before. Easy peezy."

The client roved her body with his eyes and then nodded. "I'll make the arrangements for tomorrow afternoon? My buddy owns the plane, so it won't take much."

"Yes 'sir," Lissy chirped.

After the client left the room, Simon jerked to her. "What the hell, Lis?"

She hated when he called her that. Only one other person on the planet ever called her Lis instead of Lissy. "What? A free skydive session... this will be awesome," she said with a smile.

Strapped in to the plane the next day, Lissy decided this whole thing was decidedly not awesome. The plane was sketchy as hell and the pilot kept ogling her ass in the Texas bikini. Her photographer, Danny, was strapped to their jump instructor looking like he was about to hurl any minute.

"You all right, Danny?" she asked at a full shout, still barely audible over the wind noise. He gave her a thumb's up sign and turned a little greener. The jump instructor held up his hand signaling one minute until jump. She nodded.

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