42. Declined

The next two days went fast. Work was super busy, and not just because I was new, everyone seemed under the pump.

Skye was still lovely, but you could tell she was stressed, as her responses were short and quick.

I was glad tomorrow would be my last day for the week.

I hadn’t really heard from Tom. I thought about calling him, but it’s not like he really tried to contact me. I sighed before going through the rest of my tasks for the day.

An email notification popped up. It was from Tom. He’d scheduled me in for a ‘meeting’ at this fancy restaurant down the pier from the office.

Can’t even call me, I rolled my eyes, and now I’m just becoming something he has to schedule in.

As I looked at the email invitation, I tossed up whether to hit maybe, but instead I chose to hit decline, knowing it would annoy him.

Not even two seconds later and my phone was ringing. As he chose to call my mobile and I was at work, I declined, responding that I was unable to take calls right now.

And no