Business conferences are always a surreal experience. You're living out of a suitcase in a hotel, working from your laptop in a city far from home.
This time around, my boss Danny had attended the conference as well. He wasn't supposed to attend, another colleague had been scheduled, but due to the newest merger talks, Danny ended up filling the vacant space.
Danny is a very attractive man, 5 foot 11, dark brown hair, baby blue eyes. Even though many of my female colleagues in the company thought he was attractive, it was his intelligence and wit that really did it for me.
Day one of the conference had come and gone uneventfully and the day's workshops had adjourned at 4:30. Danny walked with me to my room; he stopped and waited until I had unlocked the door. "Pick you up at 5:30 for dinner."
I got in my room, kicked off my heels and checked my email. I called home to check on my husband and kids and jumped in the shower. Put on my blouse and slacks and did my hair.
At 5:45 there was a knock on the door. Danny was standing there in his standard casual-Friday attire; corporate logo denim shirt, and a pair of khaki pants.
Danny had already called the desk for a cab and make reservations at a local seafood restaurant. We didn't say much on the cab ride there. We had already seen more of each other the in the past 48 hours than we usually see each other all year.