“Will, there’s some woman calling in. I told her you were busy, but she says it’s urgent?” The receptionist, Marlene, leaned through the door into the conference room. “Says her name is Erica.”
I made a pained expression, then flashed an apologetic shrug to the room — a half dozen of my colleagues. “Erica, no last name? She say who she’s with?”
“Nuh-uh,” Marlene shook her head. “She wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. Something about a listing, but I thought Tony said you weren’t doing listings anymore.”
“I’m not,” I said, “Give it to Pam.” Pam had taken the sales spot I’d vacated last month.
Marlene hesitated. “Umm. She said she only would talk to you. She was pretty clear about that.”
I sighed.
“She said something about being in your pocket,” Marlene continued, “Or from your pocket or something. I didn’t understand.”
Pocket? What?
“It’s ok, Will,” said Freddie, my boss, “We could use a break anyway. My coffee’s run out.”
Then the pieces began to click, my eyes began to widen. “Thanks, Freddie, everyone,” I mumbled, distracted. Erica Cheung, my wife Nancy’s co-worker, who last month at a dinner party shoved her panties in my pocket. “I’ll, uh, reschedule this.” Read more »