Xavier FINAL(11)
“Do you by any chance have ID on you?”
“Of course I do,” she reached in her black purse and Abe kicked me again.
“Okay, cause you don’t look the same in your photo. Not at all. So I’m wondering if this is really you.”
She looked up at the picture and nodded as she tried not to smile. “It is.”
“How is that even humanly--?” Abe kicked me again. “Abe, one more time and I swear--.”
“My boyfriend put it up. It’s from junior high. I apologize. I was applying for waitress jobs. Not this one.” Her face was now pink.
“So you’re not interested in this job?”
“If I wasn’t I wouldn’t be here.” She looked up at me.
“So your boyfriend has no problem with you working nights and weekends?”
“He’s a student at Harvard Medical. Mrs. Steel said it would be alright to have every other weekend off.”
Harvard medical. Probably some pussy.
“So how long will you be able to be with us at Steel Miss Patrick?”
“Until June. I graduate at the end of May.”
“Will work interfere with your schooling?”
“No Mr. Steel, I have two full days of classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.”
“The rest of the week?”
Abe kicked me again. Fucker. And she noticed the glare I tossed at him.
“I only ask because if I have to be here she could switch those evenings to days, that way…”
“Let’s stick to the task at hand here.”
Oh I wanted to punch him right in his preppy little nose.
“Taelyn. Let’s me and you head out. Check out a few places and then grab some lunch.”
“Miss Patrick, could you wait outside for just a moment please,” Abe stood.
After she left I looked at Abe. “My show man.”
“With strings Xavier.”
“I could always sell my shares of Steel.”
“You wouldn’t do that to your family X.”
“Maybe I would. I’m going to do this alone.”
“For fuck sake, take some guidance. It won’t kill you. No one here wants you to fail Xavier.”
“I want to do it alone.”
“Fine. You tell your mother.”
“No I’m good thanks. Abe, she has a boyfriend man, a Harvard boy…”
“It doesn’t make it a challenge Xavier.”
“I’m not gonna fuck her. I’m just gonna show her pretentious ass how the other half lives.” I winked and walked out before he could say a word.
Chapter 4
Mr. Steel
“Come on; let’s go check out a few places.” He smiled as he hit the first floor button in the elevator.
I stood in the corner feeling very out of my element. I looked over at him and a smirk played on his lips. I immediately felt uncomfortable and out of place.
“So,” he was still smirking when he opened the folder in his hands. “We have a few places to check out.”
“By places you mean?”
“We need an office, something that can eventually be expanded. You know a place for a recording studio and meetings, things like that.”
“I’m sorry, like I said, I have no idea what this job entails so could you be a little more specific?”
“Right.” He cleared his throat and nodded. “I’m going to start a production company. I want to find undiscovered talent and help make them into the next big thing.”
“And your background?”
He looked at me and his eyebrow slowly lifted. His little smirk gave way to almost a frown. “I’m really not sure what you’re asking.” I had offended him. Good going Taelyn.
“Did you go to school for music, or business, or…” I looked back at him and stopped talking.