“Hey, what are you doing here?” I asked.
He looked up at me, a disinterested expression on his face. “Oh, hey. Waiting for my sister. She’s got an appointment with Cassandra.”
I nodded. “Oh. I thought maybe you were here for me?”
He frowned slightly, then gave me a look of confusion. “Why would I be? That’s not what you want, is it?”
I gulped, suddenly feeling like the queen of all asses. “Uh, no.”
He nodded.
And I just stood there, too stupid to say what I really felt.
“Renee?” Saved by Janine.
I turned and approached her desk, half-listened to her talk about some woman who called for me, and when I was finally able to close myself up in my office, I cried like a baby.