“Took some time to get them situated, and that’s why I was late.”
He watched her closely as she spoke and got the feeling she wasn’t as unaffected as she seemed.
“That sucks,” Andrew said.
“They were twins,” Jeni added. She and Andrew exchanged a look of sympathy and understanding.
Logan sat in silence. As an only child, he didn’t understand the bond between siblings, much less twins.
“Poor kids,” Andrew said. “I don’t know how you do it.”
“Someone has to.” Jeni took a sip of her beer, once again averting her eyes.
“How long have you been in social work?” Logan asked.
“I finished my Master’s in May, but I did a lot of interning and shadowing during school. So, I guess you could say two years.”
She was pretty new to the gig then. How long would she last?
Knowing better than to voice that thought, Logan nodded tightly and looked away, lifting his own beer to his lips.
“What exactly do you do for the Chiefs?” Jeni asked.
He was thankful for the change in topic. “Mostly I manage the posts on the team’s social media pages, especially on game days during the season. I help analyze which posts bring in the most online traffic and try to figure out why then plan a strategy for the next game day.”
“Logan’s a social media guru,” Andrew put in. “Didn’t you do an internship with one of the big ones?”
“Twitter,” he said. “I almost stayed in San Francisco for a job there, but—” He almost mentioned his mom and quickly changed direction. “I decided to come back here.”
“I don’t understand Twitter,” Jeni said.
“I like how succinct it is,” Logan said. “Short, sweet, and to the point. Each social media outlet has their place though. I hit a different demographic with all of them.”
“What got you started with that anyway?” Andrew asked. “The social media stuff, I mean. I don’t think you’ve ever told me.”
“I guess I’ve always been interested in what connects people. Whether it be for a conversation, like Snapchat, a shared goal or interest like Instagram, or even things like friendship or relationships. I started studying communications with a dual major in Advertising and Public Relations and then got that internship. Even though social media and marketing is what I wanted to do, when I moved back to Kansas City the only job I could find was at an ad agency, so I did that for a few years.”
“How did you get stuck doing marketing for the second-worst football team in the league then?” Jeni asked.
“You do realize the Chiefs were ranked above the Broncos at the end of last season, right?”
“Irrelevant.”
He laughed and glanced at Andrew, who shook his head.
“I wouldn’t start with her, man,” Andrew warned.
Logan snorted. He could handle her. “Actually, official rankings are the one relevant way to measure a team’s talent and success—”
“Just answer the question, Logan,” Jeni said.
Logan blinked. Was her haughty attitude irritating or hot? “I work for the Chiefs because I want to, and I jumped at the chance when a position came up a few months ago. They’ve been my favorite team since I was thirteen, and my dad was their biggest fan.”
Her expression softened a little.
She probably wouldn’t ask about his dad, but just in case, he kept going before she could. “It was the first thing we really bonded over, and I’ve followed them religiously ever since. That won’t change, so we’ll just have to agree to disagree about football.”
The semi-gentle look on her face disappeared, and she pursed her lips. “We can disagree, but just so you know, I like to win.”
Yeah.
He’d gathered as much.