They sang along to the radio and chatted like everything was normal. Pulling up at her house, she turned to him. "Thanks for tonight. I had a great ti...me with you." "Hey, no worries. Me too. Hopefully we can catch up again soon?" "Oh... You still want to hang out with me?" "Of course." Leah kissed his cheek goodbye, and agreed that they would catch up again soon. Letting herself inside, she closed the door and dropped her bag and jumper by her feet. Leaning against the door, she sighed. "Why did. ‘Next week, I’m going to California to present this thing, the problem is, my background is business, and I’m having trouble with some of the detailed technical aspects.’ ‘Okay,’ I said, wishing she would get to the point. I could hear the warm sun and the cold beer calling my name. ‘We can’t spare another full time employee, so Stan told me to take one of the interns.’ Stan was the head of our office. ‘This is your choice, since it’s not in your job description, but I would like you to fly. "You pretty much just have to decide on your own. It'sup to you, however you want to decide it. I guess that you're just supposedto know." But what if I get mad at someone? Or some girl dumps me and I feelhorrible? Couldn't I make a mistake? How do I know that I won't screw up?"protested Jack.Nate gave his kind of snake-like shrug again. "You don't. You just have totry your best, Jack."Jack sat there for a while, staring off into the desert that was rapidlygetting dark, chewing on a. ’ She deserved to get out of the office on time for once in her life. Besides, this was almost a business appointment. She was scheduled to meet with the ADA at two o’clock to discuss the terms of the plea bargain. She hoped to have good news for Martin this evening. If you could call a ten-year prison sentence good news. At least it would be better news than a twenty-year sentence. ‘I don’t have anything else planned,’ he said. ‘Do you know where Verdugo’s is?’ ‘I can find it.’ With that, the.
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