The Affair

Chapter 13.2

Wednesday, June 29, 2022, 1:14pm

It was now Wednesday of the new workweek and William was meeting with Spencer McCallen in his office to talk about the docket transfer and to sign the relevant documents regarding their business deal. Fallon was also sitting in on the meeting but she remained mostly silent, only speaking or reacting when it was appropriate to do so and occasionally taking notes on the bits of the business conversation that she found important. The tone of the meeting was very professional and productive, and she was very impressed by William's level of calm and his competent demeanor as he spoke on the firm's standards and commitment to McCallen Offshore.

As the big meeting continues on in William's office, Amy was working diligently on her filings for the day but decides to pull her focus away from her work to think about a message for Fallon to read once she had returned from the meeting. She pulls a sticky note and spins her pen in her hand, struggling to come up with a message that she had not already given Fallon.

"Coming up with these messages is a little harder than I thought.", she thinks to herself annoyed that she could not come up with something clever, "Calling her a 'whore' just doesn't have the same spice as it used to. She'll be in good spirits after the meeting, so I need something good!".

As Amy continues to ponder on a creative message for Fallon, she notices Dylan approaching her and Fallon's cubicle. She assumes that Dylan was only stopping by to see Fallon, which made her annoyed and jealous that she had become the boys' second choice. She greets him without pulling her focus away from her sticky note.

"Hey, Dylan. Sorry, your girl is in Mr. Reiner's office right now. Mr. McCallen is in town so I think he and Will are doing a bunch of paperwork or whatever. I'm not sure how long she'll be.", she explains, staring at the blank yellow paper.

"Oh, that's okay... Um... I was actually wondering if you had some time for a quick break. Wanna walk with me downstairs for a bit?", he asks.

Amy averts her gaze to Dylan and gives him a grin. "Oh? You want me, today?", she teases, fluttering her eyes and flipping her hair, "I'm flattered, but you're not really my type.".

Dylan chuckles at Amy's typical sassy attitude. "Quit being weird and come with me, would ya? Something happened with Fallon over this past weekend, and it's been bugging the hell out of me. I need a girl's perspective.".

Amy sighs. "Fine, but you're buying me boba for troubling me. Let's go.".

Amy rises from her desk and they both make their way to the elevators. She was quite intrigued by what Dylan had to say about Fallon and was further satisfied that Dylan would be buying her a drink. They both ride the elevator down to the main lobby and make their way towards Amy's favorite boba tea spot, Tea-Tyme, located in the food court of The Shops.

"Alright, I'm listening.", Amy begins, "Anything that deals with our office whore is sure to be a riveting story.".

"Our office WHAT?", he exclaims, not expecting such a disrespectful comment from Amy, "How could you say something so awful!?".

Dylan stops walking and crosses his arms as he looks upon Amy with a scowl. Confused that he was no longer walking beside her, Amy turns around to face Dylan.

"I want you to apologize for calling her that.", he demands.

"Excuse me?", Amy scoffs, "I'm not apologizing for anything.".

"I mean it, Amy. You have no right to speak about her that way. For goodness' sake, she's our friend...".

"Oh my god, you're such a choir boy...".