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“I don’t know. But she shouldn’t be missing meetings.” I shook my head with a frown.
“Uh, should we reschedule?” Dan asked. He probably wanted to get home to his wife and kids. He was a classic family guy.
“Yeah. Fine.”
I stormed out and went into my office as Logan followed.
“I can’t believe she missed this meeting. Didn’t she know how important it was?” I paced around the room.
“Yeah, she did. I guess something could have come up.” Logan defended. My temper was a lot shorter than his, and so was my rational.
“Like what?” I tried not to shout, but I was pissed.
I don’t like when people miss meetings, or don’t call when or if in fact, something does come up. This was the second time she ran off and disappeared.
“It’s finals week. Students get really stressed during this time.”
I rolled my eyes as I scoffed. “Bullshit. I’m sick of that. Lots of students have jobs and balance school.”
I groaned and sat on the couch, wringing my hands out. Logan sat down as well.
“Well, they may not be sleeping with both their bosses, too.” He said.
I sighed as it all shifted into place. Madeline had a lot on her plate, and we definitely added to that.
“Shit.” I breathed.
“Yeah…and we haven’t exactly been up and coming gentlemen.” Logan added. I nodded in agreement. “And we want to be, right?”
I scratched my jaw as I thought. Madeline was special, and she does mean something to me. To us.
“Right.”
“Okay then. I should call her.” He took his phone out and dialed her.
She answered near the end, and he put her on speaker.
“Madeline.” We said at the same time, and it was a little weird. I could hear her breathing on the other end.
“Yes?” I could hear tears in her voice. Maybe something did happen.
“You know you missed the meeting today, right?”
She feigned a gasp. “I…I’m so sorry I was studying. I had so much to catch up on. I’m—really sorry.” She inhaled sharply. Why was she trying to hold back tears so hard?
“It’s…it’s fine.” I said.
“Yeah, don’t worry about it. But you need to come in tomorrow morning, is that okay?”
“I can be there around noon, I have two exams before.”
I shrugged. Maybe she was really stressed out. I had no idea, and neither did I ever ask.
“Of course. We’ll see you tomorrow.”
“Bye Madeline.” I said. And she hung up.
“We should do something for her. Her finals are tomorrow and then she is graduating soon.”
