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And she’s looking at me.
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Kendall
“Looks like you’ve got your hands full,” I smile as Janelle walks up to me with her arms out for a hug.
“God, you’re a sight for sore eyes. I’m so sorry that you are here, but I am damn glad to see your face and that I’m not here alone. But damn, it looks like you’re in the wrong place at the wrong time. Another trip to visit your dad?” She asks.
“I drove out as soon as I could. By the time that I was leaving, his community was no longer letting any more visitors in.”
“Is that legal?” She asks.
“I don’t know what is or what isn’t anymore.” I shake my head. “And it looks like this is something serious, what’s really going on? I’m pretty sure half of whatever that mean looking hulk-like man was saying was a lot of steam to blow up our asses.”
“I think he has some sort of secret, but I’m not entirely sure what it is. He keeps saying something about an asset, then stops himself, remembers who is around and changes the subject. I swear, if I hear the word classified one more time, I might throw a tomato at his head!”
“We may need to eat that tomato, don’t waste it.”
She smiles and drapes her arm over my shoulder leaning her head against mine.
“I’ll say it again, I’m sorry that you’re stuck in here, but selfishly, I’m glad. There would be no other person that I would rather be stuck inside here with.”
“Not even any of those military guys, there’s a few who aren’t too sore on the eyes.” I playfully nudge her while wiggling my eyebrows to lighten the mood.
“There sure as hell are.” She fans herself. “I’ve got my eyes on that delicious chocolate fountain that was standing by me, trust me. If I’m going to die in here, I might as well climb that.”
We laugh together and hug.
“Now, that’s what I like to see, happiness. Ms. Walters, may I speak to you in private?” The man in charge asks.
“With all due respect sir, anything that you say to me, you can say to her. She’s my family and will know as soon as I step away from you, sir.” Janelle says squaring her shoulders.
“The, may I speak to you… both, in your office?” he asks. If he’s annoyed, he doesn’t show it, but I’m pretty sure that he is.
She leads him to the staff break and closes the door behind me.
“Is this your office?” He asks.
“No, sir. This is a break room, the manager office is quite small and further away. I figure, what you wanted to speak about is a little more important, and we should just speak in here,” Janelle tells him.
“I plan to set up a space for my unit briefings and an all-around command center where I can operate out of.”
“Okay, well, you have free rein of this entire space. I would suggest using the customer service area up front, it’s a large enough space and has clear access lines to technology should you need it.”
“Very well. I would like the staff to be tested as well,” he tells her.
“Is there something that you are not telling us?” She asks.
He hesitates and looks at me. “We’re not able to say anything at this time, ma’am. I ask to please practice a little distance when customers approach you. We still do not know the basis of how this virus is transmitted and I want to make sure everyone stays as safe as possible.”
“Yes, sir.”
“May I ask a question?” I speak up as he turns to me with a frown on his face before nodding. “If there is someone here who has the virus, will everyone be notified, or will you secretly quarantine even further?”
“I will be frank.”
“Hi Frank.” I smirk and can tell immediately that he’s annoyed by me.
