Now if she could get her personal life rolling, everything would be perfect. She hoped the date she had at seven o’clock would go well. Dan seemed like a nice guy. She already knew he was a good conversationalist. They’d met through her work. He worked for a partner company, visiting for the week. She needed to get out, to relax and have a little fun. Ash had been quiet other than their good morning texts back and forth every day. She had no idea how to tell him she now lived across town instead of several states away. Keeping the details of her new job from him had been a mistake. Fear of losing his friendship now kept her silent, but she had to fix this somehow. Jess knew she’d pushed too hard with wanting to meet. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I should have waited, should have let him ask to meet. She had to keep busy, had to keep occupied with anything other than thoughts of Ash. Doing her makeup and hair took her mind off him for a little while. Nothing kept him from creeping into her thoughts for long though.
