On the one hand, I’m feeling all warm and fuzzy from hearing how badly Slater wants to be with me. I’m rooted to the spot, my eyes wide with alarm as the implications of what I’m hearing register in my mind. And it doesn’t take a genius to know I can’t run this business from Chicago.” But this isn’t just some guy,” Slater insists. Do you really want to screw him over for a guy?” There’s a tense beat of silence before Chance finally replies, “Slate, you know I love Zack, but Web’s your family. “It is,” Slater replies, his voice adamant. Both you and Web have already invested so much in this-time, cash…there’s so much on the line. “So, it’s still possible?” I hear Slater saying. I’m about to interrupt them when I realize the tone of the exchange seems kind of serious. It’s Slater and Chance, which I guess shouldn’t be too surprising given they both live here. I know we don’t actually have plans to meet right now, but I figure that shouldn’t matter…unless that tiny niggling voice in the back of my head is right and he really doesn’t want me to stay…Īs I move through the hallway I can hear voices in the kitchen. I let myself in when I get to his place, just like I have every other time I’ve been here over the past couple weeks. I’m really keen to explore that further.īut I do feel like I’d be missing a lot if I gave up on this second chance with Slater. I don’t feel like I’d be missing anything if I turned the job down, especially considering these past few weeks have shown me how great it can be to work for myself. I mean, it’s nice to know there’s a company out there that wants to hire me, but just knowing that feels like enough right now.

Truthfully, I don’t want to move back to Chicago. Taking Lawson’s advice, I decide to head over to Slater’s place to talk things out. “I think you two should try talking to each other for once, instead of always trying to guess what the other’s thinking.”

Virtually Screwed by Isla Olsen