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Creating Us Chapter 7

Her.

Holly paced around her apartment, she tried to get the image of Nick out of her mind. She wanted there to be an explanation but she knew there never was for cheating. How could he do this to Gail! Gail is perfect, she's beautiful, she's smart, she's amazing. Holly stopped in her tracks and realized how absurd all this sounded. She had absolutely no say in this matter. It wasn't her place. But Gail was her friend, she had to tell her.

The next morning Chloe was waiting for the architect in the parking lot.

"Good morning." She smiled handing the taller woman a coffee.

"Thank you, good morning." Holly half smiled back

"Shall we take our usual walk?"

"Yes of course." Holly smiled motioning the young woman to lead the way.

It was bizarre, after circling the structure almost everyday, Holly didn't notice its grandeur till this morning. The grand foyear that held the winding stairs. The gigantic sitting rooms, and the vast kitchen and dining hall. The west wing held most of the bedrooms while the east held a couple of offices and the master bedroom. You could barely make out what everything was but the architect could see her art come to life.

"This is a lot bigger than I imagined." Holly said her mouth agape.

"This is going to be a wonderful project, I'm having a blast with this." Chloe chirped

"Gail has impeccable taste. I'm pretty sure just this area is bigger than my apartment." Holly smiled as they stood in the foyear.

"Yes she does, I'm lucky Victor gave me this project."

"You deserved it, you're doing amazingly."

"Thank you, Holly." she smiled looking up at the architect.

"Hey, I came looking for you yesterday. I wanted to treat you to lunch."

"Mr. Collins gave us the rest of the day off after lunch. He didn't let you know?"

"No he didn't." Holly gritted her teeth.

"Yeah a colleague of his came over, they were working a really big case together. She was really sweet, did you meet her?"

"No I didn't, what did you say her name was?" Holly asked innocently.

"I didn't, but her name was Andy McNally. She's a hotshot rookie at his firm."

"I bet they were very busy." Holly said sounding a bit too sarcastic.

"Have you talked to Gail?" Chloe asked changing the subject

"What?" the architect asked snapping out of her thinking process.

"Gail, I haven't seen her in weeks, she would check in from time to time and now nothing."

"I'm pretty sure she really busy with work. Her house is in good hands isn't it?"

The two women made their way to the temp house so that they could begin their usual routine day.

"What are you still doing here?" Traci asked walking into Gail's office.

"These cases don't win themselves." the blonde smirked

"Gail, for these past 2 months all you've done is work."

"I'm building my home Trace, do you have any idea how much money I'm putting into that."

Her friend gave her a bullshit face. They both knew that the money used to build her home was barely a percentage of the blonde's inheritance.

"Look Gail, I know you love what you do but think about the people in your life. I'm pretty sure Nick misses you. And I know that Holly and Chloe have everything under control but I can see their doubt when it's me checking up on the house and not you."

"They're all adults, they can deal without me for a little bit."

"I just hope that it's not something you're not telling me."

"It not Trace, I'm fine."

"Okay Gail, but remember you clients need you, but you need your family and friends."

With that Holly walked out of the office and left Gail to her thoughts. The young lawyer knew exactly what she was running from. It had been almost two months and the green emotion still bothered her. It had been two months and the picture of Holly kissing Chloe was as vivid as it was live. It had been almost two months and she knew she was crazy in love with Nick, but wondered why she had this weird emotion crawling around her conscience.

When Christmas rolled around Gail decided to go back to the temp house. She pulled into the driveway and realized just how advanced the work was. The interior trim, driveways, and walkways were already finished. From the outside it looked completed, but you could still tell there was still work being done on the inside. Gail couldn't help but smile at how incredible it looked already. She walked into the temp home and set her purse down, there were coffee mugs and Red Bull cans on the blueprint table so she knew that Holly and Chloe were here. She walked into her bathroom to freshen up after the day she's had. After she splashed water on her face she heard the tub bubbling. She walked over grossed out as ever, and with a piece of napkin lifted the strainer to reveal a huge ball of hair.

"Ugh what the fuck!" Gail said nauseated

She pulled out the gunk and threw it in the trash. It wasn't until her nausea passed that she realized that the hair in the drain was definitely NOT hers. It was much longer and it was obviously brunette. She really didn't think anything of it, but kept it close in her mind.

She walked back out to the kitchen and got some water to take out to her architect and contractor.

"Gail?" Holly gasped

"Hey guys, how are you." Gail asked walking into the construction trailer.

"It's so great to see you!" Chloe said excitedly from behind the desk.

"It looks wonderful, you guys are doing a phenomenal job. I'm beyond impressed."

"How about a tour?" Chloe smiled getting up and leading the way.

The three women walked back to the temp house after Gail ordered them lunch.

"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow!" Nick said hanging up as the women walked into the kitchen.

Holly had kept her distance from Mr. Collins since the day she caught him with another woman. She couldn't bear being in his presence, much stand listening or looking at him. She could feel the awkwardness fill the room as the four sat down and began to talk. The architect knew she had to make sure she was subtle about her hate for the male. She still hadn't decided what she was going to do about the bit of information as far as telling Gail was concerned. She ate as quickly making a comment here and there and laughing as sincerely as she could act.

Later that night she decided to accompany Chris and Dov to a bar downtown.

"It's been a while Ms. Architect." Dov smiled across the table at the brunette

"Yes it has Mr. CIA." she giggled.

"How are you? Anything hot in your life?" the agent smirked.

"No, not at the moment. But wouldn't you like to know."

"A guy can dream can't he."

When left to get another round of drinks Holly took the opportunity to ask Dov for what she needed.

"I need a small favor, Dov." Holly said looking down at her drink.

"I wouldn't be asking if I absolutely..."

"Name." Dov said simply.

"She goes by Andy McNally."

Dov got up to get on the phone just as Chris was coming back with their drinks. After ten minutes Dov came back and handed Holly his phone. Holly took and looked at the screen. She saw the picture of the woman and scrolled through the background check. She did indeed work for the same firm as Nick. She scrolled back up to the picture and that's when she noticed it. The day she had caught them she hadn't been able to see her face or she would have recognized her. She would have remembered her from the many times she picked up of dropped Nick off, times she saw glimpses of her leaving or coming into the temp house. Things Holly hadn't really noticed because of her hectic schedule. This had been going on a lot longer than Holly imagined.

"What is it Gail?"

Gail handed Chris the phone and stood up.

"Nick is having an affair with her." she said spiting out like it was poison.

Another chapter just because you all are amazing! Thank you for the continued support! Hope you like it! (Sorry if I lead you to believe the mystery girl was Chloe, I honestly love that cheery cutie, she wouldn't do that. She loves Gail!)