Chapter 45 MickyI tackled the next couple of weeks the same way I responded to every crisis, burying myself in work before going home to hide from the world with my dog. I hadn't spoken to Nick since our foursome rode to the airport in near silence. I left him at the curb in front of the airport, unloading my own luggage. "Don't bother, Nick. I've got it," I had said when he tried to help me. I told him that I wanted him to go away, but he wasn't giving up. He texted me everyday. He left me voicemails every other day. He sent me flowers, which I promptly redirected back to him. Taryn volunteered to be my personal redelivery service, carrying them up half a dozen floors to the reception desk of Winston Stratford. He could romance his office since his job was so important to him. The ap

