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Strange but True – Part Ten

– CHAPTER TEN –

“Hannah, that may all be true, but we’ve been working with George Lane for two decades. You do realize that; don’t you?” Andrew asked me, his hands forming a temple in the air.

“Oh course, I know that,” I snapped back, uncertain whether he had a larger point. “I worked there for a year. I’ve read all of George’s books. I know the history very well.”

“Good,” Andrew declared as though we’d reached a truce. He stood up, while simultaneously putting on his suit jacket. “Then […]

Strange But True – Part Eight

– CHAPTER EIGHT –

“Wasssup, Hah-Nuh?” I heard Lucille ask, when I returned to my desk and checked my office voice mail. Darting my eyes back and forth, praying no one was eavesdropping, I continued to listen to her signature mix of playful hip-hop lingo, wrapped up in a deliberately mocking New Jersey accent.

“Me and my hayn-sum are coming into the city tonight. He’s go-win to a Ranger game with his brother,” she explained as I cupped the phone over my ear, trying to prevent any sound from escaping […]

Strange but True – Part Six

– CHAPTER SIX –

“Half a day?” Andrew asked with a raise of an eyebrow when he happened to stroll passed me on Park Avenue as I was trying to hail a taxi to meet with Helen.

Before I could answer, he assured me I’d never find an available cab so early in Midtown’s endless rush hour.

“We’re still in the change over,” he told me. “The night drivers aren’t back from Queens yet. That’s where their garages are. If you really want to catch one, your only hope is […]

Strange But True – Part Four

– CHAPTER FOUR –

Before my former colleagues arrived to show us the ads for the Equinox’s newest campaign, Andrew and I met in the dining room. By now my crush on him was becoming ridiculous. It’d gotten so crazy that I started a diary to document every embarrassing thought I had about him and I worried that if I suddenly died, my family would find the lonely handwritten words of a 20-something teenager, bemoaning the symptoms of puppy love. I’d die if they did.

“I can’t believe it, I […]