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MY GUESTBOOK
Groaning I sat back in my chair. �Please don�t tell me you just offered to fire Ainsley to get me back to DC.� Josh cringed and I shook my head. �If I were to do this, and keep in mind that this is entirely hypothetical, something like the fact that I might see someone who could possibly make my fianc� uncomfortable would not be a deal breaker, Josh. Firing someone who is incredibly qualified and did nothing to deserve it would, though. I can handle Sara. I can�t handle a friend of mine losing her job because the fact that I might see her from time to time might make Sara uncomfortable.�
�Duly noted,� Josh nodded.
It had been a while since I disappeared from the conference room and I knew I�d have to come up with a reason for my abrupt departure so I needed to end this, despite the fact that it was really good to see Josh again. �Look, I was actually in a meeting when you got here, so I should get back to that,� I said, �and I�m sure you�ve got a flight back to DC. You obviously know how to reach me, and I�m sure you have a card or something with your new contact information for me.�
Josh handed me a card with his new numbers. �I�ve had five phone numbers in the last year. This one will be in effect until the Transition is over when I get my White House phone. But we�ll talk again before that happens.�
�I�m sure we will,� I said as I tucked his card into my pocket. �It�s good to see you. We really suck at keeping in touch.�
�Yeah, we do,� Josh agreed. �Why didn�t I know you got engaged? I didn�t even know you were seeing anyone that was, you know, heading toward serious, let alone ring shopping.�
I smiled. �I called you a couple of times but none of your numbers were working�you should make sure you at least get a forwarding message put on after you change your number�and when I gave up trying to reach you personally I left a series of messages on your answering machine at your apartment.�
�Should�ve called CJ,� Josh said.
�She had Margaret promise to get back to me after stranding me on hold for forty minutes. It wasn�t until after I�d gotten the hold music out of my head that I thought to just ask Margaret.�
Josh nodded. �Kazakhstan is driving CJ up the wall. Plus everything with Toby�� he trailed off with a sigh. �Have you talked to him?�
�A few times,� I nodded. �His lawyer is good, but she won�t be able to save him. He�s going to have to do some time, though I�m pretty sure it will be argued down to minimum security.
�I still can�t believe he�s willing to go to prison when he�s all but guaranteed the judicial equivalent of a slap on the wrist if he just tells them it was David.�