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CHAPTER 5
Later that day...
"Oh, hiya, Miss Babcock!" Fran greeted with a smirk as she entered the office and perched on the desk next to her boss.
"A little birdy told me you were very successful at schmoozing investors at your meeting today. Could it have been the shirt you're wearing? Good taste!" She winked.
"Thank you once more, Nanny Fine. I'll return it tomorrow if that's alright? And I have schmoozed for years now, I doubt the outfit had anything to do with it."
"Oh, no, CC, Miss Fine is right!" Maxwell said as if suddenly having remembered something important.
"In fact," Maxwell turned to look at CC, "When you excused yourself from the table at the restaurant, Mr. McMann asked whether you were seeing anyone. When I informed him you weren't he suddenly became very flashy with his fortune and decided to invest double what he'd intended!"
"He doubled?!" CC exclaimed with glee, completely missing the point of what Maxwell was implying.
"Yes, but more importantly, he requested a second meeting regarding the music for the show. He said he'd like to pick your brain and find out what you had planned. I told him you'd call and make the arrangements to meet up."
"Oh?" CC looked from him to Fran, unsure about what was really happening here. Was this McMann.. man interested in her? Or just the show?"
"Well, when is best for you, Maxwell?" She ventured just to be certain.
"CC, he specified he wanted to discuss it over a quiet dinner with you. Alone," Maxwell said.
"Hooo haaa, Miss Babcock!" Fran nudged her and winked. "I think we need to go upstairs and find a date outfit in my closet!"
"Uh, thanks, Nanny Fine," she put up her hand, "but I think I can find something a little less 'come-hither-and-order-me-some-ribs' in my own closet!" She cackled at her own joke.
"Laugh all you want, Miss Babcock. At least in outfits as eye-catching as mine, you're guaranteed to have your hands on more ribs than you can hold! And I don't mean the food!"
She has a point, CC thought.