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Chapter 3
    Falcon
     
                  Mondays were the only days that I didn’t have classes and so I spent the day getting a massage and taking a cooking class, along with a full manicure and pedicure.  Plus, I brushed my unicorn.  Ugh…
                  I spent the morning in my mom’s restaurant finalizing payroll for the week and then I packed up a to-go box and went to Nellie’s to work with her on the derby team’s finances.  I walked through the front door, box in hand and Nellie spotted me from across the store and squealed and bounded over to meet me.
                  I put the box behind me and tilted my chin up in rebellion.
                  “No food until I am greeted properly.”
                  “Give me the damned food Falcon.  How’s that for a greeting?”
                  “It sounds like a greeting from someone who can manage their own team’s finances.”
                  She squinted her eyes at me and I squinted mine right back.
                  “Oh dearest Falcon, brother-in-law supreme and all around heralded best friend, greetings from,” and she changed her voice from fine English proper princess to very angry derby girl, “the woman who is gonna kick your ass if you don’t hand over the Sylvia food now!”  She finished it off with a killer smile and friendly-ish punch to my shoulder.
                  I handed it over and she hugged me.  We walked together to the back office and she gave me a boot box filled with paperwork and I could see cash in there too along with checks and random receipts.
                  “What the hell?” I said and she whistled and looked at the ceiling.
                  “Yeah, you totally need me. When do you need this by?”
                  “Um,” She sat at her desk and cleared the paperwork to see her calendar. “We have fresh meat try-outs on Saturday so whoever makes it would need to get their registration and fees, plus their team uniform money in by the end of the month.”
                  “Ok, I will have it done by Saturday.”
                  “Sit Falcon.” She said.
                  “Ugh…my mom needs to keep her mouth shut.”  I groaned.
                  “We love you Falcon.  That’s all I wanted to tell you.  Your parents, Owen and I, even crazy ass Maddox, we all love you.”
                  “I know.  By the way, your new employee needs to sign paperwork and fill out some forms today.  So let me know when he gets in.”
                  “He?” She said and looked confused.
                  “It said Reed Wolfe, I just thought it was a guy.”
                  “Do me a favor Falcon, go into the inventory room and tell me if you think that’s a guy.”
                  I got up and took the stupid boot box with me and walked the short distance to the inventory room.  I saw Huxley stacking books on shelves and she gave me a tight smile.  And then through books on the metal shelves, a flash of orange moved across my line of vision.  “What in the name of…” 
                  I turned the corner and got my first glimpse of what I would call not a guy, in fact, she was the opposite of male in every sense of the word.  Long, milky white arms held a bundle of some kind of books and legs that went on for days and days.  She wore ratty jeans and a light blue tank top and a pair of flip flops that looked like they had seen better days. And I wouldn’t dare say this out loud to anyone, but the girl had a million dollar ass.  Seriously, the nicest backside I’d ever, ever seen.  If I were an insurance agent, I’d insist she take out a policy on it.  I cleared my throat hoping she would turn and God in heaven, please let her face match that