57 Blizzard

"That is not going to happen Pierre", he said when he could relax his jaw muscles enough to talk.

He didn't try to talk more because he knew he had hit a nerve with his comment. I tried to smile at him nervously.

"We better go if we don't want to die on our way out", he said.

We could see that the table around us was already cleared. They were waiting for us to leave but wouldn't say so to our faces since he was a big customer of their restaurant.

"Goodbye Mr and Mrs Farrell", he said with a secret smile.

He had already stood up and held a hand for me. I took it immediately. We shook hands with Pierre and walked away.

"Go and get your coat Meredith", he said to me.

"We will be late then", I cautioned him.

"Listen to what I say, Meredith. I don't want you to get frostbite", he warned me. I quickly went to get my coat. When I went to him he ushered me outdoors.

"Is that how you talk to all clients? If yes I'm surprised how you became a billionaire?", I asked him surprised. We were