Chasing Anna

“Out Skank.” Marie demanded.            I grinned as my friend attempted to intimidate my previous nights hookup. What she lacked in height, she made up for in confidence. She looked almost like a biker librarian with her bright red hair, tattoos, and thick rimmed glasses. We had been friends since high school, and she was the only one that had stuck around when I became a breakout star in the business world. She was too stubborn to let my success get in the way of our friendship.            I watched as the petite blond laying in my bed looked her over, trying to decide if Marie was serious. Marie, for her part, leaned casually aga

I stood, smoothing my pencil skirt and deep blue blouse as I did. The meetings had run long, it had been difficult to assign people to test the various options for the app. The financials and security studies had been completed by my team, there wasn’t anything uncovered that would derail our desire to acquire Ximpy. The few security issues Jason had found could be given to my team to correct once the acquisition was completed. I hated that he had refused to come on board with my company, my team was good, but he was better.             Making my way back to my office to review the reports again in silence, I decided to check the notifi

It had been a few days since I had emailed the red head on Connections. She hadn’t replied. I paused chopping the vegetables for the salad I was throwing together and glanced over the kitchen island at Marie. I had taken the rare Saturday off to help with her wedding plans and she had notes and various pictures strewn across my dining table. She was currently studying two pictures she had put together as possible dress and veil combos. To me it looked like a ransom note made of wedding gowns.            “So, what’s the verdict?” I asked, scooping the chopped vegetables into the bowl of mixed greens.            “The