Robyn Carr Quote

What did you say? he asked. To who? Whom, he said, and then he almost kicked himself. To Miss MacIntyre, for example. She studied his face for a second and then, with a hand on her hip, she said, I said, ‘You’re damn skippy he’ll do a wedding—he needs the work!’ What do you think I said? I took her number and told her I’d have you call her back. The same to all of them. Except the nurse—I told her she was scraping the bottom of the barrel, going after your hot pants. Then she smirked. You’re a pain in the butt, he said. Yeah, so says the pot to the kettle. You thought I wasn’t smart enough to know how to answer an office phone. I’ve worked in offices! I know this, he informed her. Ah, you thought I got those jobs because I have— He put up a hand to stop her. I never thought a thing, he said. Boobs, she finished insolently. Then she winked while she chewed vigorously on some gum. She cracked it for good measure.