I groan. I ignore Tina for now, and only reply to Oliver.
Priscilla
No. Business meeting with Malcolm Ridges.
Oliver
Wow, I’m dumb. You told me about that last night. I didn’t realize it was today. Sorry!
Priscilla
It’s ok. No need for you to be jealous.
I smirk, staring at my phone. I watch the three little dots pop up as he types a message. I wait for him to get defensive and tell me that he isn’t jealous, but the three dots go away without a new message popping up. Another one comes in from Tina instead.
Tina
Never mind. Oliver backed up your story.
Priscilla
Told you.
What were you doing there anyway? Are you too good for the dive bars we used to go to?
Tina
Business meeting.
Priscilla
With Ryan?
This time, Tina doesn’t answer. I’m about to leave the parking lot when she knocks on my window, startling me. I start to roll down the window, but she runs around to the other side of my car. She lets herself into the passenger seat.
“What are you doing?” I ask. “Where’s Ryan?”
“I told him I would catch a ride home with you.” She buckles her seatbelt, then turns to look at me, smiling expectantly.
“I guess that’s fine.” I put my car in gear and pull out of my parking spot.
“Oliver said that was Malcolm Ridges you were with.”
I nod. “Yeah, we were talking about?—”
“What the hell, Priss?” she interrupts. “Didn’t he get you fired? Why are you even giving him the time of day?”
“It turns out I was wrong. Delmar lied.”
“What about my proposal?” she asks. “You’re not going to let Malcolm’s things get in the way of that, are you?”
“Of course not.” I gesture to my phone. “But what’s with all those texts, Tina? Promise me you’re not about to become a bridezilla. You’re not even engaged yet.”
“I know, I know. I’m sorry,” she says. “I just got nervous.”
“I can handle multiple projects at once,” I assure her. “I did it all the time working for Delmar, and I never screwed anything up except for when I believed him that Malcolm wanted that badly reviewed caterer for his event.”
“Okay.” She bites her lip. “But how are you doing with booking everything? What about the flash mob? You haven’t told me anything in a while.”
