noted Taylor’s familiar handwriting from the list she’d given her two days
before.
Chloe woke up early. I didn’t want to bother you while you were
sleeping so I’m driving us home. I’ll see you at work. Also, my friends
texted me late last night. Juliana is taking the day off work and Adriana has
to be off for a couple of days. They said they really wouldn’t mind watching
Chloe at all, so I’m going to take her there.
P.S. Thank you for last night
Christina winced after reading the note. She wasn’t sure if Taylor felt
awkward writing it or not. Did she really just not want to disturb her or
mess up her morning routine? Was Chloe hungry and Taylor hadn’t wanted
to go digging in someone else’s fridge and cupboards? Did she just feel
awkward staying over at someone else’s house?
Or was it worse than that? Had Taylor purposely woken up early so that
she didn’t have to face Christina? Did she feel awkward or regret what
happened? Did she not know what to say? Did she really want to see her at
work? What did she mean by her thank you? Was she thanking Christina for
opening up her house and for looking after Chloe or was she thanking her
for everything that happened after? It felt strange to be thanked for
something like that.
Christina set the note down and poured herself a glass of orange juice.
She pulled out one of the stools at the island and sunk down. She sat there,
her mind already skipping ahead to how possibly awkward it could be to
work with Taylor now. Christina had never got involved with a co-worker
before because that was across the professional line. She could just imagine
what her father would say if he knew, but that grossed her out, thinking
about her dad knowing anything about her love life. She knew for certain
that her father didn’t allow romantic relationships at his company. He
thought it made a mess of things and caused drama in the workplace and for
once, she had to agree with him. She was already sweating thinking about