Small Packages by Kg MacGregor

Author:Kg MacGregor [MacGregor, Kg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Lesbian, Contemporary, Romance, General
ISBN: 9781594931499
Google: pCCwPQAACAAJ
Amazon: 1594931496
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2009-05-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Lily’s desk phone beeped to announce a message from Pauline, the clinic’s secretary.

“Lily, Tony just got back from court. He’s in his office.”

She had been waiting all morning to catch her boss, and growing increasingly nervous by the minute. He had been more than accommodating in allowing her to take vacation on such short notice, but he wasn’t going to like her next request. They were swamped with work, and Pauline said no one had time to process the applications they had received.

She stuck her head in the door of his office and knocked gently. “Hey, got a minute?”

Tony slumped into his chair and sighed. “That depends on what you need. I have forty minutes to eat and go through my inbox before I have to head back to court.”

No, he wasn’t going to like this at all, but she had no choice. “I won’t beat around the bush. I need to cut back on my hours until we get things sorted out with Andy. I was thinking maybe seven to noon.” That meant dropping Andy off at six thirty, but his preschool opened early.

He ran his hands through his hair. “You couldn’t have picked a busier time, you know.”

“I didn’t pick it, Tony. Andy needs me right now.”

“I know. It’s just that we’ve got a backlog of cases. I’ve talked to three applicants, but I haven’t had time to follow up.”

“I can do that,” she said eagerly. “I can check references from home this afternoon. I’ll pull everything together in a report and have it for you tomorrow.”

“And what about your caseload? What happens if you have to be in court all day?”

“I have a fall-back plan for emergencies. Anna and Martine will help out, but Andy needs as much stability as I can give him right now.”

“How long are we talking?”

She wished he hadn’t asked that, not because of Andy, but because of the guardian ad litem post. “I don’t really know. Maybe…” It wasn’t fair to Tony for her to hedge on this, especially since she was ninety percent sure she would be leaving within the next two months. “Look, I wasn’t going to mention this until things were definite, but I’ve been talking with the board of directors about Wes McLean’s job.”

Tony shook his head and groaned. “Why didn’t you say something? I know you hate the criminal work, but I had no idea you were that unhappy.”

“It isn’t that—though I do hate the criminal work,” she admitted. “I didn’t go looking. They recruited me. They got referrals from some of the judges in family court, and my name kept coming up.”

He muttered something under his breath.

“What?”

“Nothing, I was just cursing. I don’t blame you for being interested. That would be a fantastic job for you, and I don’t know anyone who could do it better.”

She swelled with pride at his praise. Tony’s opinion of her mattered more than almost any other. “They haven’t officially offered me the job, and they probably won’t decide for at least another month.

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