What Doesn't Kill Us-Ch 6
Derek sighed as he watched the monitors, so far everything had gone great, he laughed as Charles was telling him about some of the things his kids did the night before. He threw his head back and said, "I can't wait for me and baby girl to have a house filled with kids", Charles said, "sometimes having kids isn't easy but in the end it is sooooo worth it".
Derek said, "I know that no marriage is perfect and that every couple has their problems but sometimes it just seems like me and Mandy are having wayyyy more than our share". Charles nodded his head in agreement and said, "I hear ya man", they both glanced down at the screen when they saw someone walking into the building.
Everytime someone came into the building Charles would fill Derek in on who they were and what position with the company they held, Charles said, "have you and Mandy ever thought of counseling, it did wonders for me and my wife". Derek said, "as a matter of fact we have a counseling session today after work and I'm just hoping that it will help because I love her so much and I can't imagine my life without her".
Charles smiled and said, "ahhhhhhhh yeah man you got it bad don't ya"?, Derek smiled and said, "that I do, that I do", Charles said, "why don't you surprise your wife for lunch"?, he said, "is that permitted, I mean for me to leave the grounds for lunch'?, Charles nodded his head and said, "ohhhh yeah, you are free to go or do anything you want on your lunch hour".
Derek took a deep breath and said, "I might do that then", Charles smiled as he put his hand on Dereks shoulder and said, "there you go man, women love it when we surprise them". He laughed and said, "well Charles I do believe that you've talked me right into surprising my baby girl today", he laughed and said, "glad to help ya buddy" before glancing back down to the monitors.
Penelope looked up and watched as her group were at the end of the table getting coffee before the meeting started, she smiled and said, "thank you" as Dante handed her a cup of coffee. After they were all sitting at the table Penelope said, "okay since this is my first meeting how about you guys tell me a little about yourselves".
She nodded her head and smiled as one by one her team all told her about themselves and their famalies, it seemed like everybody was happily married except for the man that couldn't keep his eyes off of her cleavage and that was Dante. She made a mental note to run a check on him when she could, there was just something about him that she didn't like.
For a few hours Penelope listened to her team as they filled her in on what they would be doing today, she nodded her head yes in agreement and they all seemed very happy to accept her suggestions. After the meeting she stood up and grabbed her things and started out of the room but before she could get to the door she watched as Dante closed the door and turned to face her.
She swallowed hard and said, "excuse me" as she tried to pass, he said, "where are you going in such a hurry beautiful"?, she said, "I have a lot of work to get done today". He reached up and brushed away a strand of hair and said, "you are so beautiful, does your husband know just how lucky he is"?, she weakly smiled and said, "thank you and I'm the lucky one".
Dante crossed his arms and said, "ohhhh no sweet thing he's the lucky one because he gets to wrap his arms around you every night, he gets to make sweet sweet love to this amazing body of yours". She said, "Dant think that you should go to lunch", he backed her up against the table and leaned in and said, "and I think that you and I need to get to know each other better".
She leaned back trying to put as much space between the two of them as possible, feeling his body touching hers made her skin crawl, she said, "excuse me but I need to get by you". Dante leaned in and said, "you smell amazing", she opened her mouth to say something and that is when she heard someone clear their throat in the door.
She looked up to see a very angry Derek Morgan standing in the door, Derek swallowed hard before he said, "you have 3 seconds to get your hands off of my wife,
that is if you want to keep them".