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    It's just before noon before Tracy and Laura show up. I've had to sit through two meetings and four interviews worrying about what they'll say, so by the time they peak their heads into my office, I'm a wreck. Tracy only sent back a curt text last night, "See you tomorrow."
    "You ready for lunch?" Tracy sounds almost nice. I'm shocked.
    "Yes...yeah...let's go." I grab my purse and follow them to the elevator.
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    On the street, Laura finally smiles at me. "So let's see the ring." I put out my left hand. "Oh my...It's so pretty!"
    "It's like a frickin billboard. Lucy's taken!" Tracy yells this on the sidewalk, Laura pushing her shoulder to get her to stop repeating it.
    We're only getting to-go, since they both have busy meeting schedules, so I know this will be thankfully brief.
    "So are you coming to Romona’s tonight?" Tracy isn't saying much, but she's speaking volumes with her hostility.
    "Yes." I already got Max's approval to go with them to our usual Wednesday night dinner. He told me to be back at his place by 9:30 and Jeff would be waiting outside with the car, but I can go at least.
    "Good."
    I know we'll talk more after work. For now, I got a congratulations out of Laura and one acknowledgement that the ring is nice out of Tracy...it's a start.
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    "Lucy, you got a sec?" Cruela pokes her head in and out of my office quickly. I jump up and follow her out into the hall, but stop suddenly when I see Rich waiting by an interview room door.
    Cruela stands next to him, "Lucy, I know that you're busy today. But Rich requested that you sit in on a first interview for one of his new hires today," she looks at her watch, "and you have an half hour free right now...so I agreed. Rich, let Lucy know if you need a formal feedback report or just a few notes, ok?"
    Rich nods and Cruela takes off down the hall to terrorize someone else.
    "So..." Rich blocks the door.
    "I got your message the other night," I cut him off. "I did leave the party with Max. He's my fiancé." I put my left hand up to show the ring and Rich looks at his feet instead. "Well, we got engaged over the weekend..."
    "Oh...well...that's great! Congratulations." He finally looks back up at me. "I just wanted to make sure you were ok...your fiancé seemed pretty angry about something."
    I ignore this and point at the door. "I should get in there...I don't have a lot of time..."
    "Oh...yeah. Bill could use your help...he tends to let the candidate get him sidetracked...so any pointers you can provide him, I'd appreciate it." He reaches with just one finger to touch my arm, but I move quickly to avoid this. "Thanks for doing this, Luce...maybe I could take you out for a celebratory drink sometime..."
    "I...don't think that'd be a good idea...but thanks!" I just wait for him to finally move and knock on the door once before going in.
    I try to concentrate on Bill's interview, but I'm distracted. Rich has always been friendly and he's joked about getting me on his team, but today he seemed more like a guy who missed out on a chance to date me. Max was right to be a little jealous of him I guess. I'm surprised that I didn't see his interest before this. I usually have such great instincts about people.
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    "Oh my girls...all alone tonight, no guys?" Rosa is hovering over us as usual.
    "No...We’ve had