“Hold on. … No Tonya. Mrs. Bhurta wants a color treatment not highlights! Mios Di… Sorry again. So you’re not going to court? That’s good right?”
“We hope so. Listen, let me call you back. You sound busy,” said Juanita.
“Yeah. It’s crazy. Let me call you back when it’s calmed down.”
“That sounds good. We should hook up later this week”
“Yeah that would be nice. Let’s set something up. Listen, I gotta go. One of the sinks backed up. For fucks sake… Umm, call you back later.”
Click.
Hmmm.
Juanita looked at her cell phone.
Hmmm.
***
Maria looked at her phone.
Shit. 6 am. What are you looking for Maria Isabella Del Cruz Santanna? She is not going to call you first thing in the morning. Why the fuck not? Okay, I need coffee. I swear too much in the morning without coffee. Sigh. It would be really nice if she would call me though. Coffee and her voice.
Maria smiled as she made her way to the kitchen. Wednesday wishes.
***
“I think this has a real shot of working,” said Tom.
“A little ass kissing never hurts,” replied Juanita.
Speaking of asses, I’d like to get my hands on her ass. That Latin booty –
“Haha. True enough. Even if it is old white lady ass,” Tom laughed at his own joke.
Juanita just stood and closed her laptop, not rising for his bait.
“Now we just have to present it to Mr. Whittaker and we might be able to move past this.”
“You’re not going to run it past Sam first?”
“Why? Sam isn’t going to be able to approve it or not. For this to work it has to come from the top. That’s Mr. Whittaker. Or one of the other partners. But Mr. Whittaker would be the best option.”
“It’s your ass …”
I’d rather it was her ass. Damn girl, forget about Maria for a minute. Stay focused, it’s just Wednesday. You’ll get your time and hands on that booty soon enough.
“No, it’s the company’s ass.”
***
“Are you okay Maria?” asked Carmelina.
“What?” asked Maria
“You’re just standing there. It’s that new chica isn’t it?”
“What are you talking about Carmelina?”
“That woman you went on a date with last week. You thinking about her right now ain’t you?”
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