He frowned. "I said sometimes. It's not every day."
"Sometimes is still bad."
"You're such a tattletale." He gave me a small smile.
"Does that mean you'll drop it?"
"Whatever you want, Fight Club. I'm just trying to help."
My phone started vibrating. I pulled it out of my purse to see that James was calling. I was about to put it back in my purse, but I noticed Zach shaking his head. It was pretty clear that he didn't believe me. James may have made a mistake this weekend, but he was a good guy. I didn't want his employees to think he wasn't.
"Hey, James," I said and turned slightly away from Zach.
"Where are you?" He sounded concerned. "I woke up and..."
"I'm at work. I'm being a super great employee." Not really. I was never even sure what I was supposed to be doing. And I had only come here early so I'd have a place to cry alone.
He laughed. "I'd rather you be a bad employee and come home."
"We're only working four days this week. I don't think you can afford to take today off too." I could feel Zach staring at me.
"Fair enough, boss. Did you eat breakfast?" He sounded so cheery. It was disconcerting.
I looked down at the pint of Ben and Jerry's in the trashcan. "Yup."
"Okay. Well, you can hang out with me while I eat mine. I'll be there in a few minutes. See you soon, baby."
The line went dead before I could make up something about having too much work to do. I sighed and looked at my computer screen.I can forgive him.
"You good?" Zach asked.
"Mhm. Everything's great."
"You're an awful liar. Just so you know."
"Hey, man," Tavon said and did some weird handshake with Zach. "What were you guys talking about?" He flopped down in his desk chair and put his feet up on the desk.
"Nothing," Zach said. "How was your weekend?"
"Awesome. I freaking love New York. It's basically like still being in college."
I laughed.
"You don't think so, Fight Club?"
"No, not really. College was a lot simpler." At least it had been at NYCU. The University of New Castle had kind of ended in disaster. But now that I had graduated from NYCU, things seemed complicated and shitty. I'd do anything to go back in time. Back before this weekend.
"Well, yeah, but I mean the vibe, you know? It's like a huge college town. There's always something to do."
"There certainly is." At least, always someone to do, if you were James and you were an asshole.Damn it.
"You okay?" Tavon asked.
"I'm great. I just don't think New York is all that great. And you know what? Costa Rica is a crappy place too. It's the freaking worst."
"Okay?" Tavon looked at Zach and raised both his eyebrows.
"I'm not crazy."
