Sweetp4u
Mischief Maker
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Monica
She didn't bat a lash but she did quirk a brow up as he spoke of work and travel. Nodding her head in understanding herself, she did not miss corporate... not at all!
"um.." Her attention went to the girl as Moni flashed a wide smile, "Double cheese burger, american. Hold the tomato and light on the mustard. Regular fries with a side of dip, a strawberry shake.. Extra thick," She turned her smiling eyes on Dave as she spoke and paused, thought it over and gave a nod. "Yeah that will do nicely." Handing over her menu. Damned if she was going to make pretenses and eat rabbit food because he was having lunch with her! Hell no.
"Sounds similar, oddly.. To my own journey there and back." A flush crept into her cheeks but her eyes were on fire with a clear distaste for those memories. Well regarding her ex anyway. "Traveled a bit, not a ton but enough to become wearisome with it. Spent a whole lot of time editing for others and making other writers rich. I kept on and kept on, went right up the top but was always for someone else's work, someone else's dreams. Wrote a couple of small housewife romances and published them through a smaller house as the company I worked for had a policy against that." She paused to take a drink and shifted in her seat.
"As for my spouse, or rather ex.. He just never had enough.. Nothing was ever really enough for him. Had to have more. Bigger, better, and younger." Her mind flashed to that whole fiasco. "No one enjoys second fiddle but it was my son who found out what his father was doing and with whom. So we settled agreeably enough and parted ways. I grew tired of cities and huge companies and of course, making others rich. SO ..." Her eyes found his , "Here I am." Idly her fingers drew circles on the table top as she sat hunched at ease and a bit sideways on the bench seat. "And for once, after a long spell, I feel good and happy. Maybe we just had to leave to see how good it was here?"
She didn't bat a lash but she did quirk a brow up as he spoke of work and travel. Nodding her head in understanding herself, she did not miss corporate... not at all!
"um.." Her attention went to the girl as Moni flashed a wide smile, "Double cheese burger, american. Hold the tomato and light on the mustard. Regular fries with a side of dip, a strawberry shake.. Extra thick," She turned her smiling eyes on Dave as she spoke and paused, thought it over and gave a nod. "Yeah that will do nicely." Handing over her menu. Damned if she was going to make pretenses and eat rabbit food because he was having lunch with her! Hell no.
"Sounds similar, oddly.. To my own journey there and back." A flush crept into her cheeks but her eyes were on fire with a clear distaste for those memories. Well regarding her ex anyway. "Traveled a bit, not a ton but enough to become wearisome with it. Spent a whole lot of time editing for others and making other writers rich. I kept on and kept on, went right up the top but was always for someone else's work, someone else's dreams. Wrote a couple of small housewife romances and published them through a smaller house as the company I worked for had a policy against that." She paused to take a drink and shifted in her seat.
"As for my spouse, or rather ex.. He just never had enough.. Nothing was ever really enough for him. Had to have more. Bigger, better, and younger." Her mind flashed to that whole fiasco. "No one enjoys second fiddle but it was my son who found out what his father was doing and with whom. So we settled agreeably enough and parted ways. I grew tired of cities and huge companies and of course, making others rich. SO ..." Her eyes found his , "Here I am." Idly her fingers drew circles on the table top as she sat hunched at ease and a bit sideways on the bench seat. "And for once, after a long spell, I feel good and happy. Maybe we just had to leave to see how good it was here?"