As The World Turns

Chapter 29

Jodie slowly placed the phone down; her hands were shaking slightly too. Marshall seemed off on the phone and it caused a pit in Jodie's stomach to form. The thing that made her nervous wasn't the request but was the fact Marshall wasn't letting her go home to get changed and it appeared to her that he wasn't asking her on a lunch date at the studio, otherwise he'd have let her go home and get out of her work clothes first.

Jodie's head was spinning by the time she'd eventually managed to find her way back to her car. She had no idea what could have gotten Marshall so wound up; at least that's how she interpreted the bluntness of his request or more like the bluntness of his demand. As she pulled out of the car park Jodie replayed the events of the night before, how'd they'd slept together and she'd called her dad lying that Blink was ill to stay the night with him.

Needing some sort of reassurance, she reached out to call Taylor through the Bluetooth connection. It was then when she reached out to call her friend, that she noticed how her hands were still shaking. Breathing in and out she gripped the wheel trying to stay calm; having the feeling that she was perhaps overreacting a little.

''What's up, ya know I'm not your mom, right? You don't have to call me when you're on your way home,'' Taylor joked as she picked up the phone, knowing that Jodie should be on her way back from work.

''I know dumbass, I'm letting you know I'm gonna be home later,'' Jodie responded giving a nervous laugh. Just hearing the humour in Taylor's voice had calmed her a little, but the nerves were still there deep down in the pit of her stomach.

''Ooh hot lunch date? You know I'm a little surprised you're not still all wrapped up in the sheets with him after you didn't come home last night little missy,'' Taylor started to laugh, but when there was just silence on Jodie's side, she stopped and started to speak again, ''Jo, you ok?''

''I don't think it's a date, Tay. I mean he was really blunt in asking me to come to the studio and well when I suggest if I could go home and change he said I needed to just come to the studio immediately,''  Jodie breathed a huge sigh of relief, hoping that Taylor had some good advice for her.

''Maybe it is and he ordered hot food and he don't want it to get cold.''

''Somehow I don't think that's what it is,'' Jodie replied, knowing her friend's heart was in the right place.

''Well if he breaks up with you after you two slept together I don't know about you, but imma be pissed as fuck. Cause that's an asshole move if I ever saw one,'' Taylor threatened and Jodie could just see her rolling her sleeves up ready for a fight.

''That's what I'm worried about, he seemed off on the phone ya know like he mad at me for something and I can't work out what it is,'' Jodie explained, the butterflies building up in her stomach as pulled into the car park ajacendt to Marshall's studio. Her first obstacle was getting past the security guard who stood by the red and white striped barrier that restricted access.

''Good,'' the guard glanced down at he watch to check what time of day it was, ''Afternoon Ma'am, please state your business.''

''Erm Marshall asked me to come down, he wanted to see me,'' Jodie was nervous as the guard looked through the open window of her car.

''Just give me a second, could you tell me your name,'' he spoke into a walkie talkie that had been clipped onto her belt.

''Jodie Kingly,'' she stated.

The guard nodded disappearing into the little glass hut that stood next to the barrier, leaving Jodie to drown in her thoughts for a while. Taylor had hung up as soon as the security guard had starting speaking and had texted her instead.