TWENTY EIGHT

JASON

I had dreamt of her… teasing me and owning me completely. My dreams are my own so how are they revolving around my surrogate of recent? The mirror showed that I had hardly slept as dark circles popped underneath my eyes.

I groaned, rubbing them delicately… such torment, both at night and day.

I remembered that I had promised her a visit to her mother who is undergoing intensive treatments in one of the best hospitals in the state. The shrill of my phone interrupts my thoughts.

“yes? Jason Rodrigues speaking.” I said into the receiver.

“good morning sir, the meeting with the baddgermans is scheduled for today and the meeting with your father’s top client plus luncheon date with Sandra and the new clients we have been trying to secure all week are finally asking for a meeting. You have golf with…”

“Angela?” I interrupted.

“yes boss?”

“hold all my meetings for today, I have something important to do”

“yes sir” she said, hanging up.

I sigh in frustration and switch off my phone, no