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One glance at the area is accompanied by a defeated headshake. “Are you crazy?” He fights his instinct to steal another. “Like certifiably? Did Park just leave that out of your file?”
“Probably.”
Bafflement continues to bathe itself in his expression. “Why? Why did you take my phone?”
“You mean your USS Enterprise communicator?” A taunting finger point to the device is executed.
Once more, he struggles not to grin. “Yeah.”
“Oh, that’s easy! I took it so that Kirk will be forced to leave his captain’s chair and come down to formally introduce himself to me before reprimanding you, Spock.”
“I’m not Spock.”
“Yeah, you’re more like Kirk, but given that this isn’t technically your starship, roles have to be switched in order for my metaphor to work.” My hand makes a wiggling motion. “Coffee.”
“Earpiece.”
“We’re already at warp speed, bro.” Amusement swims itself around my expression. “We might as well just buckle up and drink our coffee.”
The familiar sigh of defeat hits my ears at the same time he surrenders my cup. “You’re turning into the hottest chick I’ve ever hated.”
“Liar.” My charcoal-colored mug heads for my lips for me to have a sip. “You don’t hate me.”
“No, but I hate that you’re making this whole host thing for me needlessly hard.”
“Your boss is the one making this shit hard.”
“He’s not used to…people.”
“There are enough employees at this place to rival some frats I partied at!”
“Yeah, well, he doesn’t have direct contact with most of them.”
“You do the talking to them too?”
“I do the talking in boardrooms when a physical body is required. I’m also the face when his voice isn’t enough for a video conference. And I embody the Wilcox brand for social events where a corporate member’s presence is required. Around here? Heads of the departments do most of the communicating on his behalf.”
“Like my mom.”
“Exactly.”
“So, she would normally be the one tending to the visitors?”
“We don’t get visitors.”
“I’m here.”
“You’re…” His head bounces back and forth as he lifts his coffee tumbler to his mouth. “A very surprising exception.”
Story of my life.
And rarely my favorite.
“You said we.” Curiosity cocks my head. “You live in Castlevania, too?”
“One of the guesthouses, actually.” Another gulp is had. “Mine is the one closest to the gates we entered through; however, there are two more closer to the golf course and private lake.”
“There’s…a…fucking golf course here?!”
