“My regulars hey I’m not that bad besides I can’t help it if women find me attractive.”

“Flies find shit attractive but it doesn’t make it honey.”

“Hahahaha, yeah…yeah okay I’m not that bad it’s just getting close to me is like trying to get approved with AT&T it’s not that easy.”

“Approved with AT&T?”

“Yup.”

“Why, “when James smiled Bette adjusted herself in her chair grabbing her cup of coffee, “This should be good.”

“You know before I can fully trust a woman I require a valid drivers license, $500 security deposit, 2 proofs of income, a background check, and a DNA sample.” His response caused Bette to spit out her coffee.

“Wow, your nuts, “she says smiling.

“So, I’ve been told but you’ll meet her at the gala can we leave it at that?”

“Okay fine for now.”

“Cool, so for lunch I’m ordering a pizza you want something?”

“Will you be ordering from Pizza Slut?”

“Oh, would you look at that someone woke up on the comedian side of the bed this morning, “he says smiling, “Well, I need to finish overseeing the decorating and call Miss Wilks to apologize.”

“Please do, “she says as James walks out of her office. Turning her attention to her computer she sees she received an email from Alice. After reading the email she smiles after hearing what happened at the nail salon earlier that morning.

Taking full advantage of her day off Tasha found herself enjoying the beautiful wonder before her known as Virginia Beach. She wanted to spend the day alone free from the responsibilities of work and life. Sitting on the beach, she dug her feet into the warm sand then watched the wave’s crash aggressively against the shore. As she watched a family playfully splash around in the water her thoughts somehow drifted to Alice. She didn’t know why but their last few conversations left her feeling like something was wrong. They snap chatted early that morning and similar to their conversation before she told her she loved her only to receive a “Yeah okay” in return.

Alice wasn’t too keen about her job, she expressed her disdain about her being gone for weeks sometimes longer every time opportunity presented itself. In Tashas defense it paid well and the benefits were too good to turn down. She loved still being connected to the military and doing what she loved to do. What she didn’t love was being away from her and maybe just maybe the distance was finally starting to affect Alice. It was clear something was bothering Alice and she feared she might be the cause. The loud thud of a big rubber ball bouncing off her head interrupted her thoughts. Looking around she sees the father of the family playing in the water jog towards her.