Collide Into You – Kelly Washington

At times, I hear sounds from the television from her room waft into the living room, but she keeps to herself. I’d prefer it if we could work this situation out together. Keira must feel otherwise. Other than the challenge of being a woman for the next few days, the only other challenge I can think of is the Joy Fromm case. I plop on the couch—it’s still on the other side of the room; we never moved the furniture back after that silly plan of running into each other— and busy myself with reading the case file on the company.

Tucked in a folder is a picture of Amanda Joy. Sixty-five with a short, silver bob, her professional head shot isn’t unlike anyone else in her position: CEO of a business. Powerful. Smart. Diabolical. She looks the part. She also looks like she could eat children for dinner, but even I have to admit that in order for women to break through the glass ceiling, they have to take on strong, competitive personas that, while these personas could rival that of their male counterparts, often landed them the labels of bitches or backstabbers.

My experience with LouAnn Britton taught me that this isn’t the norm and that women bosses are the best kind out there. Tough, but effective. Kind, but aggressive. Caring, but not emotional. LouAnn, for all her redeeming qualities, is someone I highly respect. Even when she loans me out to the wolves. Speaking of wolves, I pull out a picture of Ken Fromm. He is in his late thirties; a product of his father’s second marriage after a disastrous divorce to Amanda’s mother, and handsome enough to charm his way through any obstacle.

Ken’s Ivy League upbringing contrasts with Amanda’s. Her father wasn’t yet successful during her early years, and by the time Ken was born —the elder Mr. Fromm had married his mistress—Amanda was already running a good portion of her father’s business. One might argue that it was because of Amanda Joy, then Amanda Fromm, that her father’s business took off.

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Kelly Washington Books P.O. Box 650092 Sterling, Virginia 20165-0092 http://smallfiction.com [email protected] Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies, events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental. Cover Design © 2014 G.S. Prendergast (coveryourdreams.net) Edited by Susan Helene Gottfried (www.westofmars.com) ISBN-13: 978-0-9906758-0-8 (Kelly Washington) Collide Into You, Kelly Washington.

— 1st ed. 1kitap1.com/en Also by Kelly Washington Falling For Him (The Complete Series) Falling For You (Vol 1) Hungry For You (Vol 2) Ready For You (Vol 3) Short Stories “Smolder” “Captive” “Ignite Me” “A Sinful Wife” “Homecoming” “Prism of the Crab Gods” Writing as Jean 8.

Aeglothecca “The Christmas Journey” Writing as Della Roth The Pale Waters The Queen of Scarred Heart The Daughter of Lava The Priestess of Reclaimed Souls 1kitap1.com/en For my son, who is my very own piece of magic. 1kitap1.com/en Chapter One Keira “WOW,” A MASCULINE VOICE SAYS from across the living room. Not to me. At me. And he says the word “wow” in two syllables. Wow-wa. It is my roommate, Dillan. Or, rather, I’m his new roommate. Did he always have to talk so sarcastically?

I wait for his next comment. “Keira, whatever the opposite of amazing is, that’s how you look today.” I look down at what I’m wearing, which is my Army Combat Uniform, or ACUs for short. My hair is pulled up in a low bun and, in the interest of time, I’m wearing pretty much zero makeup. I look exactly like what a twenty-seven-year-old staff sergeant in the Army is supposed to look like: like every other female staff sergeant in the Army.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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