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I shoot her a glare, hoping it will make her stop talking, but she continues anyway, “So the day she got the job, she ended up having a one-night stand with her new boss without realizing who he was. The next day, when she arrived, guess whose office she walked into?”
“Oh…” Bianca gasps, covering her mouth with her palms. “The same guy you had slept with?” she asks, looking at me.
“Yeah, you guessed right, the same guy,” Chloe says with satisfaction. With the way she’s talking about it, you would think that she was there.
“That must have been really embarrassing. I can’t imagine working with the man I just spent a night with.”
“Well, I can,” Chloe scoffs as she brings her drink to her lips.
“Yeah, we know that,” Bianca and I both say.
Chloe once had a one-night stand and was unfazed when she found out he was her colleague. “It’s just sex,” she always says.
My Martini arrives, and I take a generous sip. “Can we change the subject? I really don’t want to talk about it.”
“And miss the chance of hearing about your sexual escapades with your boss? No.”
I groan as I take another sip of my drink. “There’s nothing to tell. It was a one-time thing, and we’ve both agreed to move past it.” I turn to Chloe. “It’s just sex, right?”
She responds with a nod, even if her eyes say something different.
“Hmm, I hope you like working there, though?” Bianca asks.
“Honestly, the pay and tips from clients aren’t so bad. But my direct boss can be very annoying. It’s as if she’s unhappy with her life and wants the rest of us to be unhappy as well.”
Nothing you do ever pleases Lysa. She’s always finding fault with something, and it gets on my nerves.
Bianca reaches across the table and gives my hand a gentle squeeze. “I know that feeling. Don’t let her get to you.”
“Yeah, thanks. So, can we please change the subject now?”
“Fine, I met someone,” Bianca announces, and we all squeal in excitement.
“Where was it in Italy?” Chloe asks.
My phone chimes, indicating a new incoming message. I get it out of my purse, sliding my thumb across the screen, unlocking i. The moment I see the content of the text, the smile on my face quickly disappears.
“Is everything okay?” Chloe asks.
“I just got a message from Lysa asking me to show up at the hotel immediately.”
“But it’s your evening off,” she says.
“Yeah, but for some reason, she wants me to go right now or kiss my job goodbye.”
Bianca scoffs. “She’s just bluffing. I’m sure she can’t fire you for not showing up at work on your night off.”
I know Bianca has a point, but I can’t risk wanting to find out what Lysa would do. “I can’t chance it, guys.” I stand up and gather my coat as I speak. “I have to go. I will see you girls later.”
I blow them a kiss before making my way out of the busy bar and hail a taxi to take me to the Grand Princeton.
As the cab swerves through NYC traffic, I try to think of the reason she wants to see me. Did I do something wrong? Did I check in a customer wrongly? Or did I not smile enough? Or was I smiling too much?
When I started working at the Grand Princeton, it took me a while to get the hang of the role and learn how to smile at every patron, even when they were annoyed, or annoying.
Reporting to her is a pain in the ass, but I still can’t afford to lose this job, at least not until I get another one. My landlord has threatened to change my keys and lock me out if I don’t pay my rent by the end of the month. This gig is my only means of doing that.
I can’t borrow money from my friends anymore; they’ve helped enough and they have their own problems.
