Page 14 of Lorna's Savior
Lorna shook her head and released a pent-up breath. “She was bad, I mean really, really bad. I can only give a brief rundown, before I get really upset.”
Andy stood and brought her into his arms. Together they went over to check on the meal, and he explained how to mix it all together. Once they filled their plates, Andy got another beer and topped off her wine glass. She’d only taken about six sips since arriving.
Lorna moaned at the first bite of her meal, and the sound went directly to Andy’s cock.
To distract himself, he looked at her. “How bad was Ronnie?”
“Bad. One of the horse kicked her here.” She reached up and put her closed fist between her breast and collar bone. “She broke her collar bone, all the ribs on her right side were either broken or cracked. Here...” she lifted her left forearm, and showed him the back of it. “...and on the outside of her right leg were gouge marks left by the cat. Oh, and on her head, too. Then her lower right leg was broken in two places. With those, she also had hypothermia. She was a mess for some time, but she healed. She and Finn fell in love, and are planning their wedding for next summer.”
“Wow, that must have been hard on them.”
“Not really, Ronnie’s a wonderful woman. She’s since finished her vet’s degree, and is even a partner where she works. She’s putting her wedding on hold until her partner can come back to work. He went out for shoulder surgery, but something happened, and he had to have it redone. Once he’s back to work, then she can take a break long enough to get married.”
“Wow.”
“Yeah, pretty interesting...” Lorna giggled, then sighed. “...but they’re both healed now, and getting on with their lives. I’m happy for them.”
“I’ll give Finn a call sometime in the near future. So, what is your job?”
“Oh, sorry, but last year, with his foot still in a cast, as his first official duty at the Larson Foundation, Finn proposed a contest for a fundraiser. At that time, I was an assistant to one of the executives, but Finn told the whole building that anyone could enter the contest. However, if any of the executives wanted help from an intern, or an assistant, or demanded one of those people did the work for them, and took the credit for themselves, it was a means for immediate dismissal.” Lorna took a bite of her food, wiped her mouth, and chewed before she continued on a giggle. “I worked for Janis for five years, and in all that time, she never called me by my correct name, which is Lorna. No, she continued to call me Laura. One day, Janis stood before my desk berating me, saying that she and Finn had gone out to dinner and discussed me. Told me they both agreed I was too stupid to come up with anything of any interest. That it was my job to come up with an idea, do all the leg work, and have her present it to the Larsons at the time it was due.”
“But? Please tell me she was fired.”
“She was. Standing directly behind her was Finn, and the HR director. She was fired on the spot in front of everyone, and escorted to the front door, but not before Sandy, from HR helped her pack up her office. I’ve been doing her work ever since. It wasn’t until last Thursday that Simon, the male version of Janis was fired, and a woman that’s worked there for thirty years gave her notice. I was given Janis’ job, while Marc, who was Simon’s assistant, took Maggie’s job.”
“What do you mean took?”
“Oh, Finn told both Marc and I that we were equally qualified for both jobs available. He left it up to us to decide which one we wanted. He thought he knew, but didn’t want to give us a job we’d hate six months from now.”
“What one did you take?”
“Janis’ job. I’ve worked as her assistant for five years, and have been doing it all by myself since Janis was fired. I took her job, and Marc will replace Maggie when she retires.”
“Is there a big difference in the jobs?”
“Oh, yes. See, I think I told you that we do fundraisers, and give money to the poor. However, whenever anyone applies for money or a fundraiser, it’s Maggie’s job to research the applicants. I mean, she goes deep in her research.”
“What does she research?” Andy was fascinated about how she glowed as she talked about her job.
“The company applying for money. There have been several occasions in which the company’s CEO received fifty seven cents for every dollar donated or earned, then the other board members got a cut. By the time it reached the purpose for asking for the money, there were only a few cents left to distribute. It’s people like that the Larsons won’t help. They help the underdog, and locals as much as they can.”
“Can you give an example?”
“Remember me telling you about Ronnie’s accident earlier? Well, Grady, the vet was there, and he went to his clinic, and grabbed as many medical supplies as he could. He gave them to Finn in case he found Ronnie. But afterward, he refused to accept money to replace them. That’s where Finn’s idea came into play. He wanted to give Grady a fundraiser, to make money to replace his supplies.”
“How did that work out?”
“Great, both Marc and I came up with similar, but different ideas. Finn invited us to work with him and we were able to raise over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for him.”
“Wow, what kind of fundraiser was that?”
“We held it around Halloween last year. It was an owner/pet costume party. If you were with Finn, then you know Major?”
“Holy shit, Major’s here? But, he belongs to the military.”
“I don’t know the whole story, but he was shot. Patch literally threw a patch on him and shipped him out with a bunch of wounded. Before he could return to the unit, Finn was sent home. When Major came back, he was depressed and the commander sent him home to Finn. That’s all I know.”
“Wow, I’m definitely going to have to get hold of Finn. So, you took Janis’ job, correct?”
