Chapter 93

"Please, girls, I'm begging here. This is his place of business as well as mine, and he has the right to conduct it as he sees fit. If you push it, he'll have grounds for a restraining order, and that would be bad. He's so upset he told me he's going to sell his half of the business, if I don't buy it he'll go to someone else."

"We can't afford that, Cindy. Not now. We've just gotten to the edge of being really successful. He's the idea man, the brains behind the business. I just sell whatever he comes up with. It would ruin us, Cindy. Think about the kids."

I heard more mumbling, then silence. He called.

"They've left. You can come out of the office now."

"I don't think so. As long as I'm in here I'm in an asshole free zone. Go back to work, try to figure out what you're going to do. And ask Aida to come in, please."

He was starting to beg again when I hung up.

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"It been an interesting few days. Care to hear about it?" she said, as she sat.

Curiosity got the better of me,