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was feeling right now at Jason’s miserable attitude. 
    Jason knew he was being a bastard and it wasn’t fair to be taking out his anger on
     Maggie but he was beyond frustrated.  Between the miserable meeting yesterday, and
     the confusing way she’d made him feel last night, the very last thing he’d needed
     was another round of miserable meetings today!  So far this trip was a complete disaster
     and it had only just begun!
    Not wanting to alert his father to the disaster that was brewing, Jason had asked
     Maggie to wait before sending anything into the office.  While he could tell that
     she wasn’t in complete agreement with him, she’d done as he asked and merely saved
     the information on her computer and asked that he let her know when he wanted them
     sent.
    How about never , he thought to himself.
    They would be landing late in Cleveland and Jason knew that there’d be a town car waiting for them again to take them to
     their hotel.  By now, all he wanted was to be alone.  His tie was choking him, his
     head was pounding and he had no desire to make small talk anymore.  Tomorrow would
     be here soon enough and they’d have to go back into schmoozing mode and do their best
     to kiss up to another group of potential clients that might be worse than what they’d
     dealt with in Chicago .
    Maggie stayed silent for the remainder of the trip and during the ride to the hotel. 
     When Jason handed her the key to her room, she took it and quietly followed him into
     the elevator.  “Look, Maggie, I’m sorry that I snapped at you earlier.  I know that
     none of this is your fault.  I just had so much hope for this trip and none of it
     is going like I planned.”
    “It’s okay, Jason,” she said meekly.  “I know you have a lot on your mind.  You don’t
     need to add worrying about me to the list.”
    “Dammit, Maggie, that’s not what I’m saying!” he yelled and then caught himself. 
     “Let’s just meet up in the morning down in the restaurant for breakfast.  Maybe a
     good night’s sleep with help.”
    They stepped off the elevator and Jason noted that this time Maggie’s room was across
     the hall from him.  “Good night, Jason,” she said softly, her eyes not meeting his
     and Jason felt ten kinds of crappy. 
    ****
    She had to admit, a good night’s sleep did seem to help.  But then again she hadn’t
     had the opportunity to speak to Jason yet.  For all Maggie knew, her good mood was
     going to be shot right to hell before her first cup of coffee.
    They met up at eight in the restaurant and Jason took great care to be overly polite. 
     He held her chair for her, asked how she slept, what she wanted to order, did she
     want anything special…by the time he unfolded her napkin for her she was ready to
     scream.
    “Okay, enough!” she said.  “Look, we were both on edge last night but today is another
     day.  Not all of these meetings are going to garner the results that we want but we
     can’t let it freak us out.  We’ve got another two and a half weeks to get through
     and we’ll never make it if we get into a funk when things go wrong.”
    Jason took a deep breath and then seemed to relax.  “You’re right.  I know you’re
     right.  I’m just a damn perfectionist and it’s been a long time since things didn’t
     go exactly as I had planned.”
    She reached out and placed her hand on his and then gasped.  Before she could pull
     her hand away, Jason’s eyes met hers.  Had he felt it too?  It was like a spark; a
     warmth that wasn’t there before and now suddenly was.  “Um, you shouldn’t be so hard
     on yourself, Jason.  I’m sure that there are going to be a lot more successes than
     disappointments on this trip.  You can’t take it personally.”
    Pulling her hand away, Maggie scanned the room for their waitress and prayed their
     food would arrive quickly.  She needed the distraction.
    “Did you tell your husband what a jerk I was?”