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Thoughts and Words ~ 6
Ainsley wasn't sure if Sam would want to hear the whole story, but in all the time that they had been dating, they'd never kept any secrets from each other and it wasn't gonna start now.
"After I brought you the cookies. I made a stop in the ladies room. They didn't know I was in there and started talking about us."
"Who was it and what did they say?" Sam was ready to have them out on their asses in a heartbeat.
"It was Bonnie and Ginger. They said that they heard from Mark Brookline and Steve Joyce that I am a hooker. They said that I was with them on the 19th of last month, and that they have pictures." She looked up at him with tears glistening in her eyes.
Sam's face was a mixture of anger and confusion. "Wait a minute," he said, trying to remain as calm as possible. "Mark and Steve were fired...by me! How on earth--"
"Revenge, Sam. Revenge. They probably wanted to make you so pissed off that you would fly off the handle or something. So they pinned me as a hooker because of your thing with Laurie." Ainsley now had tears in her eyes. "That's not all though."
"There's more?" He walked over to her.
"Yes." She took a tissue and wiped her eyes. "They ,apparently, from what I overheard from Ginger and Bonnie, have a picture of me with Oliver Babish. I remember I had to talk to him about something, and I guess they were following me, and took our picture. I don't know if this has gotten to the press or not." She wiped her eyes again and looked up at Sam with the saddest expression on her face. Just when things were looking good between them, something like this had to happen to keep them apart.
"I have to talk to CJ and see what she knows about this and what she can find out. I'll be discrete, but I have to tell the others about this."
"I know that you have to do that. Why can't they just leave me alone?"
"I don't know baby, but we're gonna get to the bottom of this."
"Thank you."
He nodded and kissed her head, "No problem." He then got up. "For now, just lay low, make sure you don't get caught doing anything--"
"Sam, I know," she said.
"Okay. I'm going to go talk to CJ now."
"Okay," she said in a tiny voice.
Sam walked up the stairs, hatred of those two in his head. He rushed through the communications bullpen and walked over to CJ's office. "Carol, is she in there?"
"Yeah, but she's on the--"
"Thanks." He opened the door.
"...phone," Carol finished, to herself.
"Yeah, tell him that I'll...Okay, I'll do that..." CJ looked up and saw Sam, who was very much out of breath. "I'll have to call you back. Something just came up...Yeah, okay. Bye." She hung up the phone. "Sam? What happened?"
"Steve Joyce and Mark Brookline again. They said that Ainsley was a hooker and with them and Babish in the biblical sense."
"Who has it?"
"I don't know. Ainsley overheard it in the restroom. Can you find out and try to stop it from becoming public knowledge?"
"I'll try, but Sam, this could get bad for the both of you."
"Don't I know that. Ainsley looks like someone killed her dog and thinks it's all her fault."
CJ sighed, "Okay. For now, just make sure that no one finds out about this. But, who were the people who--"
"Overheard? Bonnie and Ginger."
She stood up. "Our Bonnie and Ginger?" He nodded. "The ones who work for you and Toby?!" He nodded again. "Make sure they don't say anything, Sam. Do you understand?"
"What, do you think I'm stupid or something? Of course I'm going to make sure they don't tell anyone. Who the hell do you think I am, CJ?"
"Okay, sorry. It's just..."
"I know," he said. "Thanks. For, you know..."
"Yeah." She sat back down. "Go to work."
"Okay." He left her office, wondering why Steve and Mark would talk with Bonnie and Ginger of all people. He wandered over to their desks. He was going to get to the bottom of this and find out what the hell was going on in the Communications Bullpen.
"Bonnie, Ginger. My office now." Sam gave the order and walked into his office. The two women looked at each other and followed their boss into his office, where he promptly slammed the door shut.
TBC...