Chapter 3
I jumped up from my seat and bolted over to the counter. Charlie was talking to a woman a little smaller than me wearing a pair of black shorts and a red swirled top. She had shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes the color of the sky on a sunny day. She emitted an air of confidence.
This was a woman I could learn something from.
“Hi Claire,” Charlie greeted me warmly. “How are you?”
“Hey Charlie. The party is great. It looks like you’re a big hit,” I answered, avoiding her question about how I was doing. I liked Charlie, but we’d only known each other a few weeks. She was asking to be conversational, not because she wanted to know my whole f****d up story.
“Yeah, I’m pretty happy with how everything has gone. Claire, this is my good friend, Alexandria Mack.”
I turned to
