damn fine boss and a quiet corner.
The ride over to the bar was just enough time for her to start feeling a little nervous. No trace left of the drug she had taken the night before. A good thing really. Having scatty nonsense thoughts when she were trying to be witty and winning wasn’t altogether easy.
Stepping out of the cab she straightened out her shirt and put on her best strut as she entered the revolving door of the most interesting place she had ever worked. She felt the game plan running as it should. At the glass doors she stood and just looked at the woman waiting for her at the bar. She was stunning! Dressed in a black skirt and white silk shirt, her hair straightened and silken. Karen didn’t think she’d be able to let her go on her date.
Get it together. Remember. There are rules. Only if she wants to. And only then if she’s got time. Love your friends. Is there anything finer?
“Hiya”
Sarah spun round on her stool and Karen took an involuntary step back. Her heart had double skipped. This was so unfair.
“Hi Karen, here, grab these” she took the glasses of wine and followed Sarah over to the corner table. From there they could take in the people passing too and fro and also talk in private.
Say something dammit!
“You look very hot tonight Miss Steiger”
You dog! As if you’ve just said that!
Sarah smiled, “You look very nice too. New clothes?”
She noticed!
“Yeah. Me and Rochelle went shopping today. She showed me around a little. Pretty big place”
She took a sip of the wine. Wine wasn’t really her thing at all.
“I know I haven’t had the time to put you fully in the picture. Heaven knows its hard sometimes to find a minute. What with work, the Chain, politics and stress”
“To the Chain” she raised her glass, Sarah clinked hers against it.
“You’ve taken this really well. I’m pleased. I worried that maybe it would all be too much, too fast. Incidentally, I’ve had Carolyn’s report. You are on your way up by all accounts. Congratulations, I remember you saying that she wasn’t something you were looking forward too”
Karen felt herself go red.
“Its alright. You did what you had to do. Hell. Even I had to once you know. You do what you have to. Get it? You do what you have to! ”
There was hidden meaning to what Miss Steiger was saying. Of that much she was sure.
“The ‘Demi’ thing. Unfortunate” Sarah studied the stem of her glass.
It wasn’t a ‘thing’, it was a person.
“Where there is passion and secrecy there’s always going to be risk and sometimes animosity. That’s why we have rules. There are things written down in files in the homes of some of the most powerful women in LA. Documents that exist because I helped write them. Image. Money. These things exist too, but people are entitled to their privacy ”
She took a bigger gulp of the wine. This felt so heavy.
“If there is someone on the Chain with a grudge or someone isn’t playing by the rules. they have to be dealt with. There’s too much to lose. The rules are simple. Privacy. Honesty. Keep the secrets of the Chain. If you have a beef with someone on the Chain you can request a fight”
Karen choked on her wine and started to cough. Sarah came round and patted her on the back a few times.
“Does that surprise you?” she took her seat again.
“Well. Yeah. Fighting? Why? What good does that do”
Sarah reached across the table and gripped her hand. Karen felt roughly 100,000 volts of pure electricity rush into her body.
“If you let something slide it festers. Look at how Demi was in the end, she was crazy. If she had requested a match and they’d have fought it out she’d have felt vindicated. It would have been done properly, it would have been supervised. Rochelle wouldn’t have been jumped on like that. The Chain protects its weaker members. She could have nominated someone to go in her
The ride over to the bar was just enough time for her to start feeling a little nervous. No trace left of the drug she had taken the night before. A good thing really. Having scatty nonsense thoughts when she were trying to be witty and winning wasn’t altogether easy.
Stepping out of the cab she straightened out her shirt and put on her best strut as she entered the revolving door of the most interesting place she had ever worked. She felt the game plan running as it should. At the glass doors she stood and just looked at the woman waiting for her at the bar. She was stunning! Dressed in a black skirt and white silk shirt, her hair straightened and silken. Karen didn’t think she’d be able to let her go on her date.
Get it together. Remember. There are rules. Only if she wants to. And only then if she’s got time. Love your friends. Is there anything finer?
“Hiya”
Sarah spun round on her stool and Karen took an involuntary step back. Her heart had double skipped. This was so unfair.
“Hi Karen, here, grab these” she took the glasses of wine and followed Sarah over to the corner table. From there they could take in the people passing too and fro and also talk in private.
Say something dammit!
“You look very hot tonight Miss Steiger”
You dog! As if you’ve just said that!
Sarah smiled, “You look very nice too. New clothes?”
She noticed!
“Yeah. Me and Rochelle went shopping today. She showed me around a little. Pretty big place”
She took a sip of the wine. Wine wasn’t really her thing at all.
“I know I haven’t had the time to put you fully in the picture. Heaven knows its hard sometimes to find a minute. What with work, the Chain, politics and stress”
“To the Chain” she raised her glass, Sarah clinked hers against it.
“You’ve taken this really well. I’m pleased. I worried that maybe it would all be too much, too fast. Incidentally, I’ve had Carolyn’s report. You are on your way up by all accounts. Congratulations, I remember you saying that she wasn’t something you were looking forward too”
Karen felt herself go red.
“Its alright. You did what you had to do. Hell. Even I had to once you know. You do what you have to. Get it? You do what you have to! ”
There was hidden meaning to what Miss Steiger was saying. Of that much she was sure.
“The ‘Demi’ thing. Unfortunate” Sarah studied the stem of her glass.
It wasn’t a ‘thing’, it was a person.
“Where there is passion and secrecy there’s always going to be risk and sometimes animosity. That’s why we have rules. There are things written down in files in the homes of some of the most powerful women in LA. Documents that exist because I helped write them. Image. Money. These things exist too, but people are entitled to their privacy ”
She took a bigger gulp of the wine. This felt so heavy.
“If there is someone on the Chain with a grudge or someone isn’t playing by the rules. they have to be dealt with. There’s too much to lose. The rules are simple. Privacy. Honesty. Keep the secrets of the Chain. If you have a beef with someone on the Chain you can request a fight”
Karen choked on her wine and started to cough. Sarah came round and patted her on the back a few times.
“Does that surprise you?” she took her seat again.
“Well. Yeah. Fighting? Why? What good does that do”
Sarah reached across the table and gripped her hand. Karen felt roughly 100,000 volts of pure electricity rush into her body.
“If you let something slide it festers. Look at how Demi was in the end, she was crazy. If she had requested a match and they’d have fought it out she’d have felt vindicated. It would have been done properly, it would have been supervised. Rochelle wouldn’t have been jumped on like that. The Chain protects its weaker members. She could have nominated someone to go in her
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