Essay on Creative Writing Dragons Throttle - 821 Words

* * * * Dialing the number on speaker phone, what have I gotten myself into? I thought, and on the second ring, â€Å"Hello, may I speak to Bradley Callahan?† â€Å"This is Bradley. How can I help you, ma’am.† â€Å"I am calling from Wood Works Wonder. This is Clareese Alana.† â€Å"Yes, Miss Alana. I’ve been waiting for your call.† Bradley sounded like he was waiting for something all right. With a sexy, almost familiar voice, and forgetting for a split second, this was a business call, and I said, â€Å"Mr. Callahan—† â€Å"Miss Alana, call me Bradley.† â€Å"Okay, Bradley, if you call me Clareese.† â€Å"Deal,† he said. â€Å"Bradley, as you must have heard, our product presenter will be replaced by me.† â€Å"Miss Clareese, nice†¦ sounds great. I mean — who better than you, ma’am,†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Ma’am, I will be picking you up in my pick-up. Plenty of roo m there.† â€Å"A pick-up? Sir, in the south? What a shocker,† I said with a light chuckle. Oh shit! I haven’t met this man and I’m jokingly labeling... oh dear! â€Å"I was warned about you city†¦ people,† he laughed. â€Å"I like your sense of humor, Miss Clareese.† â€Å"Well†¦ let me have a minute to think about this. I don’t want to burden you. Besides, our company would furnish my hotel stay and flight.† â€Å"Say no more. My father and I would be honored to have you there, and the cabins are well-equipped with amenities.† Perhaps I sounded a tad rude, and he seemed rather polite. Maybe accepting his plan would have Saturday’s Expo run smoothly, and I would not disappoint. â€Å"I’m grateful and will accept the Callahan offer.† â€Å"I will pick you up, early tomorrow, Friday. Text me with the flight information. I’ve sent you an email with my cell number.† â€Å"Tomorrow? I was planning to get in on Saturday morning.† â€Å"Tomorrow early, Miss Clareese. Here down yonder,† he snickered, â€Å"life is reflective, and we folks don’t live by the New York minute.† â€Å"Bradley, I’m from Connecticut,† I said wryly, yet knowing I deserved his jab from my earlier profile comment. â€Å"I’ve had a great opportunity to have visited both, city to city and forty lightning minutes apart. Clareese, it’s best if you are well rested and settled in for