paddling it and my good mood from this morning downshifts as I regret not fighting a little harder to make Fent stay with me.
“Piper?” A voice calls from behind me. I straighten myself out before I turn around. I won’t allow thoughts of Fenton to wreck this interview. I’m caught up in green eyes and a nice suit when I turn to find the voice. “I was getting ready to go in if you would like to walk with me?” Logan asks.
“Yes. I was soaking in the beauty of this place.”
“Yes, it’s the reason I love to hold meetings here. It’s very serene and the view from the café is spectacular.”
I nod as I follow him back up the tall cement stairs that lead to the front door. He opens it for me and waves me in and I am impressed at how much of a gentleman he is.
“Thank you!” I say, walking in the building. We walk by the glass casing full of Indiana memorabilia and I make a mental note to visit this place one day when my life settles down. I quietly chuckle to myself as I never thought those words would apply to me. I always pictured myself finding a career after college and digging in, never letting anyone get in my way. It’s funny how life works.
We take the elevator to the second floor and the entrance to the café. I will never tire of sitting in this café enjoying the view of the gorgeous Indy skyline. The café offers large windows and most of the tables are seated next to them so there isn’t a bad seat in the house. The café itself is very low key with small card tables, most of which only seat two people.
The waitress walks up smiling at Logan while leading us to a table that is off to the far end of the café, all by itself.
“Thanks for the table, Greta. What would you like to drink, Piper?” he asks after we are seated.
“I’ll have water, please.”
“Two waters,” he informs Greta. She nods and makes her way back to the kitchen.
“Thank you for meeting me so quickly,” I say.
“Now correct me if I am wrong but weren’t you working with James?”
“Yes. Unfortunately, I was let go. That’s why I called you.”
“Why were you let go?”
I don’t know where to start with that one. I have no choice but to tell him the whole story but how will that affect the chances of him offering me a position?
“It’s ok, Piper, you can tell me.”
“Frank James’ son works for him and I sort of got involved with him.”
“Yes, I know Fenton. He is quite the character.”
“You knew Fenton was Frank’s son?” I am a bit confused to learn this as I was under the impression not many people knew about that.
“My father and Frank have been rivals for years. You can’t work in the same type of business without meeting one another. The same goes for Fent and me. We are around the same age, so we’ve been around with our dad’s at some of the same sites. That hasn’t happened for a while but when we were younger, our fathers were almost inseparable.”
I silently curse the waitress for not returning with our water. My mouth has gone dry listening to this.
“I’ve heard Fenton has become somewhat of a playboy. I’m surprised you got yourself involved with him. Actually, I thought you were with…” he thinks a moment.”What was his name?”
“Shane? We’re not together, we’re just really good friends. Or we were really good friends.”
“How is he? I heard he roughed some chick up and then got locked up?”
“Well, he’s out. But how he is will remain to be seen as I only saw him briefly this morning. As far as Fenton is concerned, it was one of those things that just happened. He is a whirlwind and leaves nothing in his wake.”
“Worth losing your job?” he cocks an eyebrow in question.
“There were a few variables to me losing my job. I was given an ultimatum about Fenton and although I have no idea what is going to happen between us, even if it is nothing, I can’t appreciate business being handled in that capacity.”
“That’s understandable and
“Piper?” A voice calls from behind me. I straighten myself out before I turn around. I won’t allow thoughts of Fenton to wreck this interview. I’m caught up in green eyes and a nice suit when I turn to find the voice. “I was getting ready to go in if you would like to walk with me?” Logan asks.
“Yes. I was soaking in the beauty of this place.”
“Yes, it’s the reason I love to hold meetings here. It’s very serene and the view from the café is spectacular.”
I nod as I follow him back up the tall cement stairs that lead to the front door. He opens it for me and waves me in and I am impressed at how much of a gentleman he is.
“Thank you!” I say, walking in the building. We walk by the glass casing full of Indiana memorabilia and I make a mental note to visit this place one day when my life settles down. I quietly chuckle to myself as I never thought those words would apply to me. I always pictured myself finding a career after college and digging in, never letting anyone get in my way. It’s funny how life works.
We take the elevator to the second floor and the entrance to the café. I will never tire of sitting in this café enjoying the view of the gorgeous Indy skyline. The café offers large windows and most of the tables are seated next to them so there isn’t a bad seat in the house. The café itself is very low key with small card tables, most of which only seat two people.
The waitress walks up smiling at Logan while leading us to a table that is off to the far end of the café, all by itself.
“Thanks for the table, Greta. What would you like to drink, Piper?” he asks after we are seated.
“I’ll have water, please.”
“Two waters,” he informs Greta. She nods and makes her way back to the kitchen.
“Thank you for meeting me so quickly,” I say.
“Now correct me if I am wrong but weren’t you working with James?”
“Yes. Unfortunately, I was let go. That’s why I called you.”
“Why were you let go?”
I don’t know where to start with that one. I have no choice but to tell him the whole story but how will that affect the chances of him offering me a position?
“It’s ok, Piper, you can tell me.”
“Frank James’ son works for him and I sort of got involved with him.”
“Yes, I know Fenton. He is quite the character.”
“You knew Fenton was Frank’s son?” I am a bit confused to learn this as I was under the impression not many people knew about that.
“My father and Frank have been rivals for years. You can’t work in the same type of business without meeting one another. The same goes for Fent and me. We are around the same age, so we’ve been around with our dad’s at some of the same sites. That hasn’t happened for a while but when we were younger, our fathers were almost inseparable.”
I silently curse the waitress for not returning with our water. My mouth has gone dry listening to this.
“I’ve heard Fenton has become somewhat of a playboy. I’m surprised you got yourself involved with him. Actually, I thought you were with…” he thinks a moment.”What was his name?”
“Shane? We’re not together, we’re just really good friends. Or we were really good friends.”
“How is he? I heard he roughed some chick up and then got locked up?”
“Well, he’s out. But how he is will remain to be seen as I only saw him briefly this morning. As far as Fenton is concerned, it was one of those things that just happened. He is a whirlwind and leaves nothing in his wake.”
“Worth losing your job?” he cocks an eyebrow in question.
“There were a few variables to me losing my job. I was given an ultimatum about Fenton and although I have no idea what is going to happen between us, even if it is nothing, I can’t appreciate business being handled in that capacity.”
“That’s understandable and
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