I had told her that morning before I left for work that I wanted her to call me as soon as she left his office. Her appointment was at ten and was only for an hour, yet it was almost noon and I still hadn’t heard from her. I started to get worried but figured I’d give her until after lunch before I called. Eden came through the doors with a couple sandwiches from the deli down the street. “Here you go, boss. It’s break time. No work, remember?” She threw my sandwich on my desk and sat in a chair in front of me. Things started to go better since the day on the beach. We were finding a good routine and kept from making inappropriate comments to one another. Well, she did. I had a hard time not pointing out how amazing I was at everything, and that sometimes led me to mentioning things I shouldn’t have. But she knew it was just my way of joking and would laugh it off. She did a lot of that—laughing. It still affected me the same way, but it certainly beat the alternative.
