Are... are you kidding me? I thought in shock and read the options again. That can''t be a real choice! I shook my head. I''m tempted to choose it, just to see if it actually... no. No. I''ll go with work out. At least that''s productive. I choose C.
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Short and to the point. Nice. I thought. “Hi, Jillian. It''s David.” I said and thought I heard a gun clatter around and then a magazine sliding into place with a click, which made me smile.
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“Maybe professional people have to be trained in phone courtesy? I asked myself with a chuckle.
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Of course. I thought and I paid when we got there. I received a look from Jillian that I usually get from women when I jump ahead and try to pay for everything during dates. It steps on their independence and their choices, apparently. When we were out of earshot of the clerk at the desk, I said as much.
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“run, all we see is a flash of ourselves in the mirrors.” Jillian said. She said ''run'' like it was in all capital letters or something.
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What am I going to do without her? I thought as the anguish felt like it was going to consume me, then Jillian grabbed my hand.
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I knew it. I thought and she must have seen something on my face, because she nodded.
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Dammit. I really do hate being right sometimes. I thought.
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How did she get like that? I wondered. Since we were deep in sharing territory, I simply asked her. “How did you become a bodyguard?”
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“extra strength more.” Jillian said with emphasis on the extra.
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I smiled at her and agreed. It looked like the start of a wonderfully new working relationship between us. Now if we could only stay alive long enough to keep it, that would be great.