Claire’s alarm went off she looked over, 9:30.
"Crap, I’m going to be late again." – Claire. She got ready for work. Claire locked the door to her apartment and got in to her car. There was something lying in the passenger seat. It was a wallet. She opened it to find Lance’s ID, credit cards etc.- inside. Claire put the wallet in her purse and drove to work.
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"You’re late again Claire." – Hammon
"I know I’m sorry my alarm clock has been screwy lately. It won’t happen again." – Claire
"You have three messages Ms. Saunders." – Kelly
"Thanks Kelly. Did you get those pictures from the photographer?" – Claire
"They’re on your desk." – Kelly
"Thanks." Claire put her purse on her desk. She remembered Lance’s wallet. Claire took out the wallet and opened it. She looked for a phone number to call.
If lost please return to:
3419 E. Albine St.
Orlando FL
7046214
Or call:
(252) 342-5781
Claire decided to check her messages first. One was from Drew. He wanted to go out for lunch. The next message was from JIVE records. All it said was to call back. The last message was from Lance. Claire dialed the number he left for her to call.
"Hello?" It was a deep voice that didn’t belong to Lance.
"Hi this is Claire Saunders. I’m returning Lance’s call." – Claire
"Hold on." There was some shuffling on the other end of the line.
"Hello?" – Lance
"Hello Lance? This is Claire." – Claire
"Hi, sorry about that. They make us have the security guards check the phones first." – Lance
"Oh." – Claire
"Yea, I know it’s kind of strange." – Lance
"Yea. Anyway you left your wallet in my car last night." – Claire
"You had it?" – Lance
"Yea." – Claire
"Thank god, I thought I left it at the Rose Bowl." – Lance
"Heh, no I have it." – Claire
"Ok so anyway I thought that you might like to have lunch with us today. We’re calling Lacey too." – Lance
"Sure, I’m not doing anything." – Claire
"When do you get off?" – Lance
"At 1:00." – Claire
"Ok, then we’ll pick you up at one." – Lance
"Sounds good." – Claire
"See you later." – Lance
"Bye." – Claire. Claire put the wallet back in her purse. Then she called JIVE records.
"Hello JIVE Records how may I how may I help you?"
"Hi. I’m responding to a call that was made earlier." – Claire
"Name?"
"Claire Saunders." – Claire
"Yes, Johnny Wright called, please hold while I connect the call."
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"Hello is this Claire Saunders?" – Wright
"Yes this is her." – Claire
"You have been recommended for a job opening at JIVE records. The job is assistant videographer or Official photograph coordinator. You’d be able to do both if you wanted to. The pay for the Official photograph coordinator is 80 dollars an hour and the other job is 40 dollars an hour." – Wright. There was a pause before the next person spoke.
"Wow, both sound like very good offers but I’ll have to get back to you on that. " – Claire
"Ok, I’ll hold the offers till I hear from you. Thank you for you’re time Mrs. Saunders." – Wright
"Thank you." – Claire
"Bye."- Wright
"Bye." – Claire
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"Good Lord that’s a lot of money." – Claire. There was one message left to return. It was Drew. She dialed his number.
"Hello Drew? This is Claire." – Claire
"Oh hi baby. You want to go out to lunch today?" – Drew
"I can’t. I uh, have to do something today." –Claire
"Ok then I’ll bring you lunch." – Drew
"No! Uh we’re really busy, I wouldn’t want you to get in the way." – Claire
"Oh." – Drew
"Yea." – Claire
"We never do anything any more. You’re always gone. When we gonna be alone again?" – Drew
"I don’t know. I got a lot of things to do. I got to go. You understand right?" – Claire
"I guess." – Drew
"Bye." – Claire
"Later." – Drew
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"Whew." Claire sighed and sat back in her chair.