They were supposed to meet for lunch. He continuously checked his phone’s calendar and clock making sure he had the date and time right. Hopefully she was not over encumbered by all the prep work. A charity party that slowly crept upon their days was throwing everyone through a loop. This was the first time in years that he had a large pile of pictures. With a card linked to his parents he splurged and had them printed on the finest materials, hoping that would put up more auction money.
After some light touch up with more recent pictures on his laptop he swiped his phone open. At the top of his favorites rested a candid photo of the golden haired queen. He tapped it and made sure speaker phone was on and waited for Rika to pick up. He could always just have food delivered to him if it got too late, but her company was still preferred. Perhaps he could selfishly use her to come up with better names for his finished works at the same time. The dial tone finished as Rika picked up.
“Hey, is all the work going okay?”