“Hi Dawn,” Indy said, smiling sweetly but supremely fake. I was impressed.
“Hi Indy,” Dawn returned the favor and her gaze moved to me. “Who’s this? Is it The Law?” she asked sarcastically.
Oh my God.
What a bitch!
“My name is Juliet Lawler,” I told her, my voice cold.
“Yeah, I know,” she said back, her voice arctic.
Wow. She was a bitch.
I wondered if it was just us or if this woman was mean to everyone who walked through the doors. If so, Lee needed a new receptionist.
Indy leaned into her and said with false concern for Dawn’s welfare, “You do know there are cameras and bugs in here?”
Dawn didn’t bother to respond, got up and walked around the desk.
“I’ll tell Lee you’re here,” she said.
“I’m sure he already knows,” Indy replied.
Dawn disappeared behind a door.
“What a bitch,” I said my thoughts aloud to Indy.
“She had a thing for Lee,” Indy informed me.
I made a face. “You’re kidding? Did he know?”
She nodded her head. “Yeah, he didn’t care, not interested. Then she had a thing for Vance.”
This information coupled with the knowledge that everyone (as in everyone) kept telling me Vance was a player made my stomach clench in a very unhappy way.
I couldn’t help myself, I blurted out in a whisper, “Oh my God. Did he do her?”
This time she shook her head. “No way.”
“Thank God,” I breathed. If Vance touched Dawn, well… one word: ick.
“Then she had a thing for Luke. No go. Then Mace, then Hank. They all think she’s a bitch.”
“Why does Lee keep her?”
“Says she’s efficient and…” she hesitated, “cordial.”
After she said this, in unison we both widened our eyes at each other and then burst out laughing. In fact, at the idea of Dawn being cordial, we laughed so hard, we bent double with it.
“Having fun?” Lee asked, moving toward Indy, having entered from the doorway.
Vance was coming at me and Dawn was walking behind the desk. I straightened, wiped a tear of laughter from my eye and watched Lee approach Indy, which gave me the opportunity to ignore Vance.
Lee put his hands to either side of Indy’s neck and kissed her right on the lips. After he was done, Indy smiled up at him, his eyes crinkled and watching them my heart spasmed.
What in the hell was that all about?
A heart spasm at the sight of true love?