Free Dating For Decades by Tracy Krimmer Page B

dollars?”
    “I know you won’t do that. You’ll charge me what’s fair.”
    “Do you know what’s fair?”
    “What?” I can’t wait to hear what this guy thinks is fair.
    “You letting me join your group. Just because I’m a man doesn’t mean I don’t need a support group.”
    How is he still on this? He came to us over a month ago. We haven’t seen him since. “I thought you let that go. You never came back.”
    “Was I supposed to? You kicked me out. It seems to me I’m not welcome.”
    I never want to come across as an unwelcoming person. He has to consider the circumstances, though. And he caught me at a really bad time. Lucas, my mom, it all was blowing up in my face. He was not what I needed at that moment.
    “I never said that. I think you’d be better off in a group with only men, though.”  
    “Men don’t know anything. I need a woman’s insight.”
    He knows what he’s talking about there. Of course, bringing a man into the group would also help with us gaining a man’s opinion on things. Maybe it’s not a bad idea. I don’t know, though. He’d be working with me and part of the group. My personal and professional life don’t cross unlike my boss and his nephew.
    “I’ll think about it.”
    I hang up the phone, a little irked at him. I could have just as easily called somebody else, but I called him . His points are valid. I’m sure the group will not be upset if I agree to let Keith in, but I’m still not sure how I feel about it.
    Now it’s my turn to stop in at Lucas’s office. I haven’t been in there yet. I know he’s on the same side as his uncle, so he probably has an awesome view of the lake as well. Of course, I get the small office. Put the big man in the big office.
    I peek in through the window slot next to his door. He’s on the phone and looks a little agitated. So I guess he’s not always sunshine and rainbows. People who are happy all the time frustrate me. I’m sure they aren’t and are only putting on a front. No one is happy 100% of the time. It’s like those Facebook statuses I hear about. Shannon tells me that people on there are constantly writing the super happy status updates when everyone knows that’s not the truth. Another reason why I avoid that place.  
    I knock before turning the knob and walking in. He puts his finger up to his lips to tell me he’ll be with me in a minute. It’s then I take note of how thick and soft they look.
    “I’m sorry, but that’s just not acceptable.” Lucas shakes his head as he says goodbye and hangs up the phone. “Well, you’ve finally entered into my territory. Is it as bad as you imagined? Or did you hope for something worse?”
    “I’m not sure what I expected.” He has the window, and the desk, but there are boxes throughout the whole room not leaving him a lot of space. “I guess I thought you have something similar to your uncle’s.”
    “You mean Terrence, remember?”
    “Ah, yes. I forget you don’t want me to refer to him as your uncle while at work.”
    “I only want to be able to prove myself, and I can. Anyway, what brings you in here?”
    “May I have a seat?”
    “So you plan on staying awhile?” He smiles at me. Does he want me to stay?
    “My feet are starting to hurt.” I wanted these shoes so badly and had to go down a half size to get them. A mistake on my part but they look spectacular.  
    “That’s why I never wear my heels.”
    Quite a funny guy, that Lucas. “Anyway, I called an electrician, and he’ll be able to start in a few weeks like you want.”
    He folds his hands and puts them on his desk. “That was fast. You’re not bringing in a couple of electricians to give a quote?”
    I cross my legs and I notice his eyes move with them. “It’s someone I know.” I won’t tell him that I use the term loosely because I only met him once. Should I have called multiple companies? Probably. But, I don’t have time to waste on this. And I consider myself a pretty