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“Wait, what?”
“Turns out, his first girl is now a vampire, and she must bite him and turn him into one as well, in order for them to be together.”
I burst into tears.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa.” She placed her hand on my shoulder. “Is my story idea that bad? Should I make it a reverse zombie cowboy romance instead?”
My chest constricted, and I choked back sobs.
“Oh, Harlow…” She pressed tissues against my face. “What the hell is going on with you?”
“I didn’t quit my job with Pierce,” I said. “He found out I was a fraud and he fired me and cut off all contact. He didn’t even let me say goodbye to the kids.”
“What?”
“Then he suspended most of his staff, and I feel like one of them is going to press charges against me for ruining their lives, and I’ll be spending the rest of my twenties baking cookies in prison.”
“The guards don’t let inmates bake cookies in prison.”
“What about biscuits?”
“They might let you warm up some pre-packaged honey buns from time to time.”
“Oh, god…” I buried my head in her chest, and she hugged me.
“You’re not going to prison,” she said. “Why didn’t you tell me about this earlier?”
“I didn’t want it to end up in your upcoming nanny-billionaire book,” I said. “I was planning to tell you next week.”
“That’s fair.” She nodded. “Take some deep breaths and relax.”
I obliged, and she slowly let me go.
“First off,” she said, “Pierce Dawson had a super high turnover before you ever got there, so he should be grateful that you lasted as long as you did. Second off, your old coworkers probably hate you, but something tells me they’re also grateful to have a brief break from him…”
That’s possible.
“You’re going to take your broken heart and bake all your pain and tears into some amazing, edible art while I’m away, okay?”
“Okay.”
“You’ll fix up your storefront, and when I return from this tour, I expect to see some huge results in there.”
“You will.” I nodded. “I promise you will.”
“Good.” She waited for me to take a few more deep breaths. “I’m glad we could sort that out. Now, back to my book idea. Is it good?”
“It’sterrible.”
“You don’t even like small bits of the plot? Like, maybe I can salvage parts of it?”
“Please burn it all.”
FORTY-SEVEN
PIERCE
Jerry
