NADINE
I carried the file after the meeting was over and headed to my office.
I had just settled down when my phone vibrated against the glass table. I checked who the caller was. It was Hendrix.
‘Was he going to apologize for how he treated me at the office yesterday?’
‘Was he going to apologize for making me tend to Ivana?’. A surge of hope passed through me as I picked the call.
“Are you busy this afternoon?” Hendrix's voice filtered through the line making her insides fuzzy with warmth.
‘Did he plan to take me out for lunch? A makeup date perhaps?’
“Yes, my schedule is free for lunch”. I tapped the table in anticipation.
“Good, Martha and Melina's school is organizing a parent and teachers meeting”.
“Unfortunately my mother can't attend as she would be going for her weekly c
