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nursed it slowly, his face only looking slightly disgusted at the turn of events.
                  “Was it your plan to get him laid?” Jane asked bravely after a few moments.
                  “Not by Rebecca.” McKinnon scoffed, “I had a professional in mind, thank you very much.”
                  “Please tell me you weren’t going to use company resources to pay for a prostitute.” Jane’s outraged cry hardly carried through the ruckus of the bar. McKinnon snickered into his drink, nearly splashing a bit of it on his suit.
                  “I’m only joking, Parkett. Don’t get your panties in a bunch. Bean and I were just hanging out. He’s a pretty cool guy.” His voice raised, “You know when he’s not flirting with evil harpies.”
                  “I don’t think they’re listening to you.” Rebecca and Aaron were leaning across the table, seemingly caught up in one another. Rebecca’s face was as calm and happy as Jane had ever seen it: And she’d once saw her fresh out of a endorphin filled workout. “Let them have their fun. What do you care? You’re still going to get your deal.”
                  “I am, aren’t I? I think someone owes me an apology…” 
                  Jane’s face flushed with an angry heat, “Why do you think that?” Her voice was low and level.
                  “You said many times how I wasn’t doing any work. You tell me how I can bring in millions and not be working. Hmm, Parkett?” McKinnon gave her a reproachful stare, all the while keeping  an almost kind lightness in his eyes. “I’m just sayin’, someone should learn to be humble.”
                  “Oh, come on, McKinnon.” It was strange seeing him so friendly, even while being his annoying self, actually sitting down and talking to McKinnon was kind of nice. Yes, he still had the same arrogant air about him that made Jane want to kick him. But for some reason, he seemed less threatening, more like someone she could talk to. “Fine,” she groaned. “I’m sorry I said you didn’t do any work.”
                  “Thank you,” the man raised a glass to her in mock-toast. “I’m sorry I called you a frumpy brown-noser.”
                  “When did you call me that?” She slammed her fist on the table, the motion so violent, that it managed to disengage the couple next to them. Aaron turned to McKinnon, looking more than pleased with himself.
                  “If you two will excuse us,” He pushed out of the booth, nearly dragging Jane from her seat as he pulled Rebecca behind him. “We are going to grab some dinner.”             
                  “No you can’t join us.” Rebecca added quickly, before they were practically dancing out of the bar.              
                  “Well, now what?” McKinnon said.
                  “Now you’re going to tell why you called me frumpy.”

CHAPTER THREE
     
                  Perhaps she had been a little hasty when it came to McKinnon. Franklin. The name rebounded in her mind nearly every day. Jane wondered when the change had occurred: When had he gone from annoying McKinnon, to the only slightly agitating Franklin. Jane couldn’t even begin to pinpoint the exact moment.
                  Maybe it was when he gave her a little credit for helping him to secure Bean as a client. That gesture of goodwill was more than a kindness to Jane, it had given her visibility that she wouldn’t have otherwise gained for months, hell, maybe even years.
                  “I’m so happy to see you two working so well together,” Belmore said one morning as he strode into the meeting room. “It’ll make the assignment so much easier.” He didn’t even wait for them to ask which assignment, before his