Page 49 of Savage in the Sheets
Angela:Did you guys spend the weekend in bed or something?
Angela:I’m really excited to hear about your hedonistic weekend!
Wednesday:
Angela:Brunch?
Angela:Liner?
Angela:Happy Hour?
Thursday:
Angela:You’re kinda beginning to freak me out. I called your office, and your receptionist kept asking what kind of case I needed you for. She’s psycho.
Friday:
Angela:Are you avoiding me?
Angela:I’m coming by after work.
“Christ!”
“What’s wrong?” Elliot asks.
“Angela doesn’t know how to handle being ghosted, and she’s coming by tonight. I just may work until midnight.”
Elliot extends his hand. “May I see?”
I hand him my phone and run my fingers through my hair, pressing the heels of my palms into my eyes and ruining my makeup.
“You do realize that this is a good thing, don’t you?”
“You mean that I have to confront her face-to-face without gouging her eyes out?”
“If she’s really been seeing Wes, she would know that you two never met up. If she thinks you’re avoiding her, she would have gone to Wes and asked him why, and he would have told her you called off Stage Three.”
His logic checks out, but it still doesn’t make any sense. What was she doing kissing Weston at his door?
“Another thing, and this is coming from a man…he wouldn’t schedule two hookups for one day. Especially so close together. Men need time to…recover.”
“Nothing about this is normal! I feel like I’m a tragic player in Unsolved Mysteries: Booty Call Edition.”
“Then you need to go to the source and figure out what’s going on. There’s a reason we hire private detectives—not that you should have Wes followed or anything. I’m just saying, get the cold, hard facts and then decide if you can live with them.”
“You’re right.”
I enter the message box on my phone, putting both Weston and Angela in a group text.
Jenna:Tomorrow, me, you, you, ImPressed, noon.
I put them both on mute, so I don’t have to deal with talking to either of them before we meet.
This is probably the stupidest thing I’ve done in a long time, aside from fucking around with Wes, but one way or another, tomorrow, it’s gonna all come out.
Weston
“At Ambience International, we pride ourselves on having the best work-life balance in the industry, Mr. Singer. Now, tell me, do you have a spouse or children? I know it’s not a standard interview question, but I wanted to tell you about our amazing family benefits.”
