i could swear i

rridors of the firm were awful quiet and you could hear the echoes from both their heels a mile away.

n her chiffon top. "That necklace, Atlas and I got it on our first date, to always remember you know" Sh

Her shoul

st-" She paused. "Well did you check it?" Jacq asked, leaning her hands against the desk. "Didn't you say you and Altas's had th

agine what you're going through since yesterday" She whispered and Patricia crinkled her face, placing the cup of Starbucks to the table. "But you le

t seemed like she had already known as she sat into the chair. "You left him and now they're both in the past, we need t focus on new things. Today things and normally i w

She later took a

"I just hoped he would call at least, an explanation or maybe closure. You sure h

ognizing it was wh

the past n

ast not when she was hungover before noon. Pulling her laptop out, she broke the barrier between them as she fidgeted. "One mo

way. "Yes." "No, we are not stalking that poor woman. We are h

echoed, furro

ressively, a crack in her tone. "And you expect me to heal the next fucking day?"

making that bitch pay is the closure i have to settle for, then i'll take it. And I'm goi

her head and with t

access to that type of shit. She sat into her chair, navigating the cursor to type her name into the bar and several came up. It

e in his pocket as he looked to Jacq's worrisome expression. "I'm worried about her" She said flatly, and he couldn't te

rom the tone of her voice, you coul

d of him. His eyes darted to the archaic murals and photographs that hung across the beige walls before he en

en bother looking back at him. He could tell what he was here for. "Top drawer to the left, you'll see the file" He replied flatly. "Sign at the

as about to sign the first papers before David finally turned around. "Do you take me for a fool?" He had a glass of morning wine in his hand

" Leo denied and his hands hit the table. "Then why is Patricia not here? Why is your mother so bothered about the love she's convinced you shar

drew away, holdin

marriage was false. I've had enough of that, not again during my lifetime" He continued and Leo feared makin

ooked up to

eaved a deep breath. "And ask if you're on the same page. Half a fortune is given today in those documents, including shares and stakes of the Carter Corporation and a couple million dollars and

chin to face the documents. "Of course" He made a vow that he knew not wh

contin