Christmas Drabble series
Title: Ghostwriter
Author: Aussie
Rated: T
A/U Christmas drabble series
The day after Christmas, despite her full schedule, Laura found herself on tenterhooks, waiting for the occupant of the newly refurbished office across from hers to visit.
She carefully smoothed her hair and sat up straighter when a brief knock indicated he might at last be doing just that.
A whiff of patchouli filling her senses caught her off-guard, however. She hadn’t expected Elosha to make an appearance today.
“So, Bill’s Christmas gift?”
Laura blinked, but slowly offered a copy of the papers her solicitor had drawn up only two days earlier.
“You’ve essentially given half of Presidency Publishing to Bill Adama,” Elosha commented as she read them through.
“Instead of him just being an agent who works for your business, you’ve made him an equal partner.” Then, her dark steady gaze found Laura’s. “And?”
Laura shook her head, baffled.
“What happened afterwards?” Elosha elaborated.
Laura had savored the look on Bill’s face when he’d realized the extent of her gift. But their celebration had been cut short. Saul Tigh had arrived at the house, along with a wife who’d returned to her husband a few short weeks ago. Already Ellen Tigh’s influence on her husband was obvious. Kara had been in tow, leaving little chance for Bill or Laura to indulge in private conversation.
When it seemed the new guests weren’t inclined to leave early, Laura eventually had, citing tiredness, which hadn’t been completely untrue.
“You’re still holding back.”
Laura just pursed her lips.
“You haven’t told him about the rest. Throughout the entire Christmas books vs movies debate, you avoided discussing A Christmas Carol?”
Laura wanted to tell Elosha mentioning that particular classic hadn’t seemed sensible, considering, but her friend had moved to open Laura’s office door and was pointing across the hall.
“Go and tell him now.”
Author: Aussie
Rated: T
A/U Christmas drabble series
The day after Christmas, despite her full schedule, Laura found herself on tenterhooks, waiting for the occupant of the newly refurbished office across from hers to visit.
She carefully smoothed her hair and sat up straighter when a brief knock indicated he might at last be doing just that.
A whiff of patchouli filling her senses caught her off-guard, however. She hadn’t expected Elosha to make an appearance today.
“So, Bill’s Christmas gift?”
Laura blinked, but slowly offered a copy of the papers her solicitor had drawn up only two days earlier.
“You’ve essentially given half of Presidency Publishing to Bill Adama,” Elosha commented as she read them through.
“Instead of him just being an agent who works for your business, you’ve made him an equal partner.” Then, her dark steady gaze found Laura’s. “And?”
Laura shook her head, baffled.
“What happened afterwards?” Elosha elaborated.
Laura had savored the look on Bill’s face when he’d realized the extent of her gift. But their celebration had been cut short. Saul Tigh had arrived at the house, along with a wife who’d returned to her husband a few short weeks ago. Already Ellen Tigh’s influence on her husband was obvious. Kara had been in tow, leaving little chance for Bill or Laura to indulge in private conversation.
When it seemed the new guests weren’t inclined to leave early, Laura eventually had, citing tiredness, which hadn’t been completely untrue.
“You’re still holding back.”
Laura just pursed her lips.
“You haven’t told him about the rest. Throughout the entire Christmas books vs movies debate, you avoided discussing A Christmas Carol?”
Laura wanted to tell Elosha mentioning that particular classic hadn’t seemed sensible, considering, but her friend had moved to open Laura’s office door and was pointing across the hall.
“Go and tell him now.”