”“I know,” he gave his Cheshire cat smile.“Shall we order?”“You already know what you want,” he inquired.“Yes! I looked at the menu la...t night. I like to be prepared,” she laughed.“That’s a good thing. Let me flag down the waiter.”Celeste chose country fried steak, mashed potatoes, and fried okra. White grave on the meat. Brown gravy on the potatoes. Nathan selected blackened tilapia, rice pilaf, and a house salad.She smiled, “I eat nowhere near as healthy as you I see.”“Don’t let this order. I’m Jennifer Hayward. I am one of your team members.”Timothy chuckled as he shook Jennifer’s hand. “Oh no. I am so sorry.” Putting his free hand to his forehead, he apologized, “I just assumed. Wow, this is bad. Please don’t think I’m—” He moved his hand to his mouth and covered it, unable to speak from his embarrassment.Jennifer smiled as she lowered her hand again. “It is a perfectly simple mistake. Partially my fault for sitting at Tamara’s desk.” She did not want to start on the wrong foot,. This was the first time I had noticed anyvulnerability as she looked down, contemplated my question andresponded with, ?Just the once.??What happened?? I probed.?We were together for about eight years. I thought he was exactly whatI was looking for when I met him. But I suppose we just grew apart ashe started to explore sides of himself that he?d hidden when we firstmet. That was an expensive lesson though. I lost half my business andit?s taken me a long time to recover.?Becky had clearly been. This is totally unavoidable. Please I am really sorry.” She then clutched everyone’s business cards for the fake formalities. She also made sure she made no eye contact with Rey. The parking lot was awfully cold. She wandered off, with no intent of going back to the warmth of the car. She was in utter broken state and not able to understand why Rey broke her trust so easily. The silence of the night was broken by a sudden giggle that she heard coming from a dark street, a little right at the.