Pearl was sitting in the little chair in front of Wyatt’s desk waiting for him to come to his office. She was called there to have a brief meeting with him before he was called away on something urgent. She sat there shuffling her feet and now and then she would look at Earl. He didn’t know what to say to her and just sat there next to her giving her faint smiles now and then. “So how are you and Blake, still going strong?” Earl made big eyes “what now?” He didn’t understand what Pearl was asking. “I was wondering if you and Blake were still an item?” He snorted and tried to hide his reaction “no, we never were a thing. She’s just our secretary.” Pearl made a facial expression of like she was surprised “oh, I thought you guys seemed close. My apologies.” Earl was intrigued “you sat in on t
