For All Time by Angela Benson

Author:Angela Benson [Angela Benson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Angela Benson
Published: 2016-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Josh needed to leave early to meet Gloria’s flight. Early was probably the wrong word. He wasn’t leaving early; he just wasn’t staying as late as usual. He had planned a romantic weekend that he knew Gloria would like. He could see it now. He’d whisk her into the townhouse for a candlelit dinner. Then, after dinner, he’d take her to the bedroom, where he had strewn red roses across the bed. The perfect beginning to the perfect weekend.

And they needed this weekend. In the last few months, their times together had been hit and miss, at best. If not her schedule, then his, had prevented them from getting together as planned. They hadn’t been together, without the interference of work, since the weekend of their boat trip with Marilyn and Elliot. And that seemed so long ago, which was why Josh had planned such a special time this weekend.

And that’s why Josh was so impatient with today’s meeting. As soon as this meeting ended, his perfect weekend could begin. Would Carla never finish? he wondered. These Friday afternoon meetings were the only things he didn’t like about his job. Who scheduled Friday afternoon meetings anyway? And these meetings always lasted until six. That wouldn’t be a problem if he and Gloria weren’t commuting. But it was hell when he had to make an eight-hour drive to Atlanta or a run to the airport to pick up Gloria.

Finally, Carla was wrapping it up. He’d be out of the building in fifteen minutes. Twenty at the most. A quick stop in his office and then he’d be gone.

He saw the message propped on his desk as soon as he walked into his office. Don’t let this be some major problem, he thought. He walked to the desk and picked up the note. From Gloria. Don’t go to the airport, it read. Call her.

Damn, he thought. What was going on? He knew, but he didn’t want to know. He flopped down in his chair and punched in her number on the telephone keypad. She picked up on the first ring. “Why are you still in Atlanta?” he asked.

“I’m sorry. I can’t make it this weekend. The Cascade businessmen want a meeting tomorrow morning. We’ve run into a snag with the financing. It’s an emergency, Josh. Please understand.”

Josh didn’t say anything. He thought about the townhouse. The dinner. The bed. His plans. Their weekend. All gone. And she wanted him to understand.

“Say something, Josh.”

“I’m disappointed you can’t make it,” he said. That was calm. That was good.

“I’ll make it up to you. I promise.”

Sure. She had no idea of the plans he’d made and she was talking about making it up to him. What could he say?

“I know you’re upset and you have every right to be,” she went on, “but this couldn’t be helped. The Cascade people could blow this whole deal if I don’t handle it just right. Help me out here, Josh. Tell me you understand.”

“It’s not that I don’t understand.

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