George had
been away on an outward-bound course, one of those team building kind of
affairs, and the first thing he did on returning home was to sit on his sofa
and wade through the emails that had accumulated.
Most of
them were of no importance so they went straight into trash, the rest comprised
of a number from Gayle Lindon, from the office, gently reminding him that he
hadn’t submitted his expenses lately.
He had
always found her to be an attractive woman but a bit too forceful and a bit
bossy.
Luckily
before leaving for the Pepperstock National Park, “for team bonding”, he
managed to get ahead of the curve and got most of his receipts entered so it
only took some little time for him to get them up to date and fire them off to
her, which he hoped, would keep her quiet for a week or two at least.
Once he had
finished all his correspondence, his thoughts returned to Geraldine, as they
had for most of his time away.
During his
enforced isolation, with no access to technology or communication devices, he
had a lot of time to think, and most of those thoughts were about Geraldine,
and on his return to civilization he was eager to speak with her but he wasn’t
getting any response on her mobile so he phoned her office the next morning and
asked to speak with her and was informed by Miranda, an unhelpful receptionist,
that she was not available, so he was about to leave a message for her to call
him but instead he asked
“Is her
brother Danny available?”
It turned
out that he was, as his was the next voice he heard
“Danny
speaking”
“Hi Dan,
its George” he said
“Hi George,
how are things?” he asked
“Not bad”
he replied “Listen I’m trying to get hold of Gerry”
“She
unexpectedly had to fly to the States on Saturday morning” he responded “And
she’s staying over there for Thanksgiving”
“Damn” he
cursed
“Anything I
can help with?” he asked
“Not
really” he said, “It’s a question only she can answer”
“Well I’m
sure she will if she can,” he said “I’ll get her to call you”
And he had
to leave it at that.
It was much
later that day when he received a call.
“George”
she said brightly “Sorry it’s taken so long to get back to you, but the time
difference really messes with my head”
“That’s ok”
he lied, but it was so good to hear her voice
“I was just
hoping we could get together”
“I would
like that”
“Ok great”
he said “when?”
“Well I get
back in late on Friday which means on Saturday I’m going to be an absolute
cabbage so how about Sunday” she suggested
“How about
lunch maybe, but just you and me”
“Definitely”
he replied “phone me with the where and when”
He was
disappointed initially with not being able to say all the things that he wanted
to say to her, all the things that he had been dying to say since the team
bonding exercise when it dawned on him that he was in love with her, and that
came right out of left field.
But that
upset was more than offset by her proviso in reference to lunch when she added
“But just you and me”
So, he was
elated, but the only downside was that he had to wait a for a week before he
could see her, but at least they could skype, so he had something to be
thankful for.
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