Getting It Right!
"YOU'VE GOT A CALL on line one and a visitor in the parlor."
Ben Hayes wearily set the loupe aside he'd been using to study yesterday's negatives and rubbed his eyes. Shit, he thought as he leaned back in his chair. Complete and total shit. None of it even worth developing.
"Who's on the phone?"
Claudette's proud CajunFrench chin lifted into a stubborn, Idareyou angle, one that Ben recognized all too well. It was reserved for one caller, in particular. "Your father."
Though he'd expected it, Ben felt himself tense, nonetheless, then had to force himself to relax. "Tell him I'm not here." His tone was flat, emotionless, and in no way hinted at the anger, hopelessness and regret that twisted his insides. "Too late," his meddling secretary replied. "I've already told him you are."
"Then tell him I'm in a meeting."
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