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Chapter 7- Lady in Red
Logan Huntzburger looked around and wondered how he wound up here, in a small art gallery in SoHo. It was filled with modern art that Logan neither understood nor had any desire to. He scanned the room and silently counted the minutes until he could leave.
Logan's original plans for the evening did not include standing around in this gallery. They were simple really, his original plans; go home, pick up some take-out on the way and relax. Maybe have a glass of scotch or watch a movie. He needed to unwind; it had been a very busy week at Huntzburger Media Group.
He wondered for the multiple time that night just how he wound up here, not just in the gallery but back on the East Coast, back under his father's watchful eye. He let him mind wonder to the circumstance that led him here.
Logan loved California and he suited Palo Alto. The only thing missing for him had been Rory.
California had been the place where he was first successful. He, along with his partners, had built a company that was not only a success profit wise but also had gained the respect of the people in the industry. The thing that Logan was most proud of was that he did it just Logan, not the Huntzburger heir.
His father had been trying to persuade him to come back to what he called "his rightful place" since just a little more than a year after he left. One year, two months and six days after he arrived in California the company he helped create when public. The amount the shares went for impressed his father and Mitchum had one of his lackeys find out everything he could on the company. Logan nearly had a heart attack when his father showed up in his office a few days later. He promised Logan almost anything if he would come back to Huntzburger Media Group. Logan said he wasn't interested and continued to say so until about a year ago.
After four years in California he was seriously considering coming back home. He did what he set out to do; he proved that he could accomplish great things own his own. He proved that not only to himself but also to his father and anyone who ever said he didn't deserve a job in the family company. He was actually sitting in his office chair late one night with a glass of scotch in one hand when he received a phone call that changed his life. That phone call told him that Mitchum had a heart attack. He flew back to Connecticut the next day and only returned to California to pick up his things and say good-bye to the avocado tree.
At the time he could have said no to his father and Huntzburger Media Group, but he didn't want to. He didn't want someone else to take over. And like the prodigal he was welcomed with open arms. The thing that made it okay for Logan was the stipulations he had written into his contract, in essence he didn't work for his father. Logan headed up his own division of Huntzburger Media Group; it dealt purely with the Internet side of the business. He felt he learned so much during his time in California and besides that he also developed a passion for the industry. In his new role at HMG he was able to combine his two passions and he was good at it. Of course Mitchum was still around watching him but he didn't feel the pressure like he once did.
He also suspected that the fact that Rory Gilmore was on the East Coast had more to do with the decision than he was willing to admit to himself.
Logan ended up in this particular art gallery on this particular night out of necessity. His second-in-command, Ethan Morris, had a family emergency. Logan and Ethan had become good friends in the year they had worked together so when Ethan came to Logan with panic written all over his face Logan was worried for him. It turned out that Ethan's pregnant wife was in the hospital. Logan told him to go to her and he would cover the evening in the art gallery.
It was a cocktail party for the New York Press Association and someone from HMG had to show their face and he was just waiting for the acceptable amount of time to past before he took his exit. Ethan had called him on his way to the event with good news, his wife just had Braxton-hicks contractions and they were going to be discharged soon.
Logan looked around the space again. He had been mingling for almost two hours and was plotting his escape when he saw her. At first he thought his eyes might be playing a trick on him, it wouldn't be the first time. He saw her everywhere.
He watched as a beautiful brunette in a stunning red cocktail dress wondered around the room. Logan was just one of the many men watching her make her way around the space. She turned as another woman came up to speak with her. Logan stopped breathing for a moment when he saw Rory Gilmore's face. She was just as beautiful as he remembered. The other woman left and Rory began looking at the painting again. She would move her head from side to side, like she was carefully studying each piece of art.
Logan drank in the sight of her, he stared at her openly and unabashed. After what seemed like an eternity, but in reality was only a few minutes he began walking over to her, his legs moving on their own accord. She didn't notice him walking up to her; she was oblivious to her surroundings. Rory's head was tilted to the right when he approached, he leaned in close and when he spoke she jumped with surprise.
A/N: And they meet again! Only 7 chapters, not bad!
As a side note did I get the name right? I couldn't remember if the Huntzburger's family business had a name.
