Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 232

Chapter 232

"Good morning, Becks," you said as you entered the office.

"Morning, John," she said, giving you a look with her eyes but a smile with her lips. There were a couple of other people in the lobby and she obviously didn't want you to go spilling any secrets. Not that you were planning to.

You stepped up to the counter of her welcome desk and smiled, dropping your voice a little but not down to a whisper. "It was a nice surprise running into you last night," you said. "Are you still positive on that thing we talked about? I wouldn't expect to hold you to something if you weren't sure."

She smiled a little more warmly once she was assured you weren't going to have loose lips. "I'm sure, John," she nodded. "I think it'll be a good time."

"Me too," you said, smiling back and letting your eyes flick down to her blouse which was unbuttoned just enough to show a tasteful amount of cleavage. "I'm looking forward to the weekend."

"Same," she grinned.

"If you have any questions, or think you might be changing your mind, it's not a big deal," you said. "Just ask Sabrina, or me. We're open books for you."

"I'll keep that in mind," Becks nodded. "But, I would argue, it's a little bit of a big deal."

That made you chuckle and flush a little. "I appreciate that."

"I thought you would," she winked.

You went upstairs and instead of heading to the intern conference room you went straight to the one where your work for the last couple of days had been sitting.

"Boxes," you muttered to yourself as you entered and turned on the lights. "Boxes for days."

Gemma was the next in, leaning down to give you a quick peck on the lips and a squeeze on your shoulder before getting to work. Sabrina came in with coffees for the three of you and when she set yours down next to you she turned it so you could see she had planted a kiss of her red lipstick on the side.

"Love you," you said quietly with a smile for her.

She winked and then showed you she'd done the same thing on Gemma's cup. Your blonde girlfriend's eyes widened when she saw the kiss mark and then she smiled at Sabrina as well.

Garrison checked in on the three of you a couple of times during the morning, but then he called you and Gemma to his office just before lunch and had the two of you sit down.

"Something wrong, sir?" you asked.

"Yes and no," Garrison said with a sigh as he settled back down into his own seat. "It's been an interesting few weeks with your two and I'd almost forgotten about the whole thing with the internet rapper fellow, but apparently he's figured out that you work here somehow, and his legal team has sent a cease and desist letter. Have either of you been talking about the incident with anyone, or spreading the story?"

"Not at all," Gemma said with a frown.

"Sir, with everything else going on, I'd totally put it in the back of my mind," you said.

"Well, if that's the case then the letter doesn't mean much, but it does name both of you specifically," Garrison said.

"Is this something we should be worried about?" Gemma asked.

"I don't know yet," Garrison grunted. "Which I don't like. Any lawyer worth their salt should have told this joker to kick rocks, so we're probably dealing with someone who is used to having a litigious client. Hopefully, that means they're happy to just milk them for frivolous paperwork hours and won't actually try and push anything else. I'll send back a reply acknowledging receipt and denying any wrongdoing. You're sure neither of you have been talking about it? Posting online anywhere?"

"We're sure, sir," you said. "But.. um, what if we might know who is talking about it?"

Garrison frowned. "Have you asked them to do so? Explicitly or implicitly? And are you in any way gaining from the retelling?"

"We aren't," you said. "But the person is... sort of."

"Well, the letter only names you two, so right now there's nothing to worry about," Garrison said. "I'll handle it. If they went this far, you don't know what they might do to try to sway the court of public opinion though. You might want to consider locking down your social media feeds"

"We will," Gemma grimaced and nodded.

"OK, well, feel free to take an early lunch if you want to get on that," Garrison said. "If you do receive any harassment, make copies and bring them to me."

"We will," you nodded. "Thank you, sir."

"It's no problem," Garrison said. "You're keeping my life interesting, at least."

You and Gemma went back to the conference room and told Sabrina what was going on and then quickly went onto your social media profiles and started putting them to private. You didn't have any weird DMs or messages, but Gemma did have a DM request pending that she ignored.

"Guys," Eric said, bursting into your conference room. "You aren't going to believe this."

Oh, God, you thought. "What's up?"

"Norman and Spice reached out to me. They are the hosts of the biggest podcast in the Man-o-sphere and they saw me on some of the other podcasts and they want to fly all three of us down to Miami for a special episode."

You and Gemma looked at each other, silently confirming what you both had known already.

"Dude, I'm sorry, but it's a no," you said.

"Totally uninterested," Gemma agreed.

Eric gave you both pained looks. "Guuuuys, this would be huge. For all of us! They get tens of thousands of viewers live, and almost a million views on any video they post. Think of the clout!".

You just shook your head, and Gemma shrugged. "Internet clout doesn't really interest me."

"It would really help me launch my podcast though," Eric almost whined.

You took a breath and then shook your head again. "Eric, seriously, if it was something that wouldn't put us at risk, I would do it for you. But Garrison got a Cease and Desist earlier today from that rapper guy. He's actively taking legal action now. We legitimately can't do it."

"Fuck," Eric sighed. "Shit. I mean, damn."

"You can still go on the show if they'll have you," Gemma said.

"I don't think they will," Eric said. "They didn't want to book me when I went down last time."

"Well, you can always try," you encouraged him.

"You should definitely try," Sabrina added with a nod, standing up and putting a hand on his shoulder. "You have a good voice for podcasting, Eric. Don't give up before you even start."

Eric smiled thankfully to Sabrina, and then to you and Gemma. "I appreciate it guys. Sorry to be pushy, it's just a big opportunity."

"We get it," Gemma said. "We can't do it, but we get it."

Eric left, and all three of you took a big breath.

"So... do we tell Garrison it's him?" Gemma asked.

"He didn't ask, so I'm not going to rat Eric out," you said. "I think we just answer the questions Garrison asks. Think of what he's been telling us this whole time - don't offer information you don't need to. In this case, him knowing might be worse than not knowing."

"You, baby," Sabrina said as she walked over and stood behind you at your chair, putting her hands on your shoulders. "Sound like you might be a lawyer one day."

"You think?" you asked with a smile.

"I know," Sabrina grinned.