Finding Jack by Jacobson Melanie

Author:Jacobson, Melanie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Four Petal Press
Published: 2019-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

For the next two days, I still didn’t hear from him. What I should have done was blow it off.

Prime me: “Whatever. I don’t have time for guys who get their feelings hurt that easily.”

Current me: *Refreshes phone madly.*

I knew it didn’t make sense. If I had heard the last of Jack, what had I lost, really? We weren’t in a relationship. We didn’t have a future. We didn’t owe each other anything.

But at a bare minimum, we’d become friends. And when it came down to it, that was no small thing. Friends whose senses of humor were as out there as your own…those were four leaf clovers in the weed patches of life. I would feel just as bad if I had this kind of fight with Ranée.

It was cold comfort to know I’d at least offered up a sincere apology. I’d done the only thing I could do to make things right.

On the third day, I still didn’t feel any better. I’d read a book recently where a character described the feeling of missing someone as losing a tooth and constantly poking at the hole in your mouth where it should be. That was how the silence felt between Jack and me.

It was absurd. And unsustainable. And I couldn’t do a thing about it but suck it up and move on.

I decided to pour my frustration into work, and I kicked on my afterburners for the rest of the week, scheduling more meetings, running more efficiency diagnostics, checking in personally with more of my team than I had since my promotion.

On Thursday morning, my assistant Hailey chased me down the hall waving a message slip at me. “Peter called.” I read over the message from my boss while she put her hands on her knees and caught her breath. “I’ve got four times as many steps as usual today, and we’re only halfway through. Just tell me, are you trying to kill me? Because if you are, I need to go upgrade my healthcare plan.”

“Peter wants to order lunch for the team tomorrow because we’re two days ahead of deadline. I’ll find out what everyone wants.”

Hailey straightened. “Boss, that’s my job. You have to let me do it. Go sit in your office and think management thoughts while I handle the details.”

“But—”

“But that’s my job. Half of which you’ve been doing for a few days. Let me. I enjoy the feeling of earning my paycheck.”

Hailey was six years younger than me, but I felt like I’d just been schooled by someone twice my age and experience. I hesitated, then nodded. “Have I been micromanaging?”

“Um.”

I waved her off. “Enough said. Go get the orders. I’ll stay out of the way.”

I returned to my office and looked at my list of tasks, trying to figure out which ones I was micromanaging. I had eight things on my list. Technically, I could cross off five and leave them for other people. And maybe now was a good time to read

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