you have to say that extra shit?”
“You’re mad at me for telling the truth? We are co-workers.” I glared at her and she stopped talking.
“Julia saw you at our table the other night and I told her that I didn’t know you. Saying “I’ll see you at work” fucked up everything!” This woman was literally trying to sabotage everything that I worked hard to get back. I’ll be damned if I let her succeed.
“A cheater and a liar, you’re the total package” she said sarcastically.
“And you’re nothing but a jealous bitch.” I said with venom in my voice. “Keep harassing me and I will report you. If you don’t have shit to say to me about work then keep it moving because I’m fucking done with you.” Elizabeth turned to me shocked and just when she was about to say something, I got back into the elevator and left her looking stupid on the roof.
Chapter Six
I used my breaks and my lunch hour to try to get in contact with Julia without any success. All of my efforts were wasted and I didn’t have a backup plan. When I got home, I slammed my front door shut with such fury that some of the plaster fell off of the wall. I went straight to the refrigerator and grabbed a beer. “Fuck!” I shouted once I drained the can. I racked my brain for possible solutions to the problem, but my consciousness just kept saying “you should’ve just told the truth.”
“I know!” I yelled at myself, but sometimes the truth only made the situation harder. When Julia said that Elizabeth was pretty, I definitely couldn’t have fessed up then because Julia only complimented other women when she thought they were better looking than her. I got out of my chair and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
When I was done with my shower, I gave Jacob a call and told him what happened.
“Damn, that Elizabeth chick must really want you; you gave her that good of dick?” I sighed. I really didn’t want to play around with Jacob.
“Jake, can you fucking be serious for once, I need some solid advice” he sighed then too.
“Look man, just send her one of your little emails. She didn’t talk to you before you emailed her before so try it now and see what happens.” I didn’t think that method would work again, but I was running out of ideas and at least Jacob suggested something that might work.
“Alright, I’m going to give that a try and see how that goes.”
“Good luck, Mike” he said right before he hung up.
“Well, here goes nothing.” I said as I logged into my yahoo account.
Julia,
Why do you always run away from a problem instead of talking about it? What you did today was not safe, if you really wanted to leave then I would’ve taken you home. I didn’t tell you that I knew that woman because I knew you’d overreact and I was not trying to have her being at Shelley’s ruin our evening. I shouldn’t have lied, but it seemed like the best option at the time. I was wrong and I understand that. Please call me, we were just becoming happy again and I don’t want to lose the progress we’ve made.
I love you,
Mike.
I logged off of my computer then got up and put on some shorts and a tank top. I knew that Julia was not going to email back that quickly and I didn’t want to wait in front of the computer for her response like I did last time. I was going to try as many times as possible to get her to talk to me, but a man could only do so much in a day. I didn’t want to go back to that dark place that I was a few days ago, so I decided to cook myself something to eat to take my mind off of the situation.
When I went back to my computer a few hours later, I was disappointed to see that Julia hadn’t emailed me back. It was driving me crazy, but I decided to give her more time. I turned on the small TV in my bedroom and watched movies until I fell asleep.
When I woke up the next morning, I went straight to my computer and logged
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