181|Jane Doe and Jane Roe-Part 1

Levi was gone when Natalie woke up. He had a full day executive committee meeting, and she'd taken a day's leave. She and Colleen had to meet Sam's contact down at the police station to officially lay a case of assault on Paul. Sam had agreed to meet them there.

She checked her phone and read the texts from Emily. She was dying to know how her evening at the Empress had gone and whether she'd told Levi yet.

She didn't want to entertain Emily so early in the morning, but if she kept quiet, her friend would keep pushing.

Reluctantly, she typed up a brief text, keeping the details to a bare minimum. 'His mom confronted me, I told her the truth. Levi proposed, and I said no.'

Like Natalie knew she would, Emily called immediately.

"Oh My God! Mr Scissors proposed?" she screamed on her end of the line.

Natalie held the phone away from her and snapped, "Keep your voice down. Do you want the whole company to hear you?"

"Sorry," Emily whispered. "And you had to take leave today! I want all the