I immediately covered my mouth. I couldn’t believe those words had come out like they did. By the look on his face, Logan couldn’t either. I had never spoken to a boss like that before. But he had just blown my first actual good date in a long time for no good gd reason. My shock sub
Later that night, I thumbed through the rack of dresses. I had recently come to hate clothes shopping, since I had started putting weight on around my waist. I just felt so gross those days and like nothing looked good on me. Maria came over with an armful of dresses. She held them out to me
Maria and I stood side by side, applying makeup in front of her dresser mirror. Rachel walked in and smiled at us. “Aw, I feel like a proud mom whose daughter is getting ready for the prom,” she placed a hand over her heart. She looked at me. “Now you have her back by midnight and no later.”
Logan walked through the door to the banquet hall, Dylan right behind him. Logan tried to focus on finding their names at the round tables that were set up around the room, but no matter how hard he tried not to look, he found his eyes drifting back over to Hazel as she made her way through the buff
“Ow!” I pulled back and rubbed my arm. “What was that for?” “For being the world’s biggest idiot,” she said. “You need to marry that man already.” “I’m not talking about this anymore,” I said, throwing the bathroom door open. I heard Maria sigh and we left the bathroom to go
The man’s lips felt surprisingly amazing on mine. What was his name again? Joey? Jacob? Ah, who cared. I threw my arms around him and pulled him closer to me. I heard cheers when I did, presumably from his group of friends. Maria started laughing and clapping. The kiss ended as sudde
He looked down at the ground for a moment, then looked back up at me. “Okay,” he said. He paused again and said, “if this is about the bar the other day…” “Can you tell me what you need me to do tonight so I can get it done and salvage what little will be left of my evening?” I said, cutting
“I’m not staying tonight,” I told Maria. “That man can go fuck himself.” I opened the group message we had with Megan and Rachel. “Maria and I are going out tonight, you guys in?” “I am all for you sticking it to that man for what he’s done,” Maria said. “But I don’t want you to do s
“I’ve been in this game for too long,” Senior said. “When I first got the news, I could only think about my legacy. I became obsessed with it. I’m not like you, Walter. I didn’t think about my family, or anyone else. Only myself.” “It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks,” Mr. Hudgens said. He la
“Janice,” Senior said. All smug arrogance disappeared from his voice. “What are you doing here?” “At first I didn’t think I would come,” Janice replied. “After all these years… I didn’t want to see your face ever again for as long as I lived. Better to leave well enough alone. But… after hearing e
I glanced down at my pink blouse and gray slacks. What was so wrong with my outfits? I dressed professionally… mostly. He really thought I needed supervision to pick out an outfit.Looking at Logan, I saw my own disbelief mirrored back at me. This was absolutely ridiculous.“Is that it?” Walter aske
In front of the partition screen, a large table had been assembled, with rows of chairs on either side, facing each other. We took our side, and Senior and his team of lawyers took theirs. There were so many lawyers that many of them had to stand.Senior sat across from Logan, though his glare of di
“He might surprise us,” Dylan said, a shred of hope in his voice, under a healthy level of cynicism.“Don’t hold your breath,” Frank replied.“The problem is we don’t know fully what to expect,” Mabel said. “Well – other than Senior being a crotchety asshole who will try to cheat us at every turn. W
“It’s time to talk to Logan and Hazel and stop this whole thing,” Dylan said. “You are outnumbered and outmatched, with so many people ready to stand against you.”Opening the top of the folder, Senior glared down at the stack of papers in the stack. “Disgruntled former employees. Fake friends. Fami
“We were just hoping to talk to her,” I said.The man’s brow lifted slightly. “Are you selling something? Wait -- why do you look familiar?” Narrowing his eyes, he gazed at us with suspicion. Then, suddenly, recognition must have struck him because his eyes widened. “You’re those people from the new
Despite the general unpleasantness of the conversation with the mayor and the governor, they eventually agreed to let us go. They had no real reason to hold us, and Logan saw through their veiled threats easily enough.In fact, he even seemed to make them feel to make them feel like unsupportive fri
That day, we changed our minds and decided to release six interviews to the website, with Michael Hatfield’s being the final. Overnight, the story gained so much national traction that the sheriff and two security men show up at our door.“Logan Hatfield? Hazel Whitaker? The mayor wants to speak wit