novelxo Chapter 99
Chapter 99
After he finished speaking, he took Cecilia and left; even his retreating figure
screamed “cold
fish.
I never expected we'd end up at each other's throats, ready to duke it out in
court. And I was totally blindsided by the fact that Hogan had his ear to the
ground about us secretly chatting up lawyers.
“We can't rush these things.” Darren comforted me before we parted ways, “I'll
dig a little deeper on my end and hit you up when I've got something.”
Thinking back to the way Hogan was all up in Darren's grill at the dinner table, I
diplomatically said. “You've helped us a lot. I'll handle the rest on my own.”
Darren did a double-take, hesitated for a hot second, and then said, “Sure, it's
your call.”
After seeing Darren off, night had just started to light up the town, and before
long, Wallis was on the horn with me.
“Come scoop me up at the Bluebell Bistro & Bar.” Her voice was all stumbly—
bumbly, clearly liquored up, “It's an emergency.”
I didn't drag my feet; hit the gas and bee—lined there. Busting through the door,
Lsaw her, one woman hemmed in by three or four dudes, and my heart just went
out to her.
I had to knock back three drinks before I could get her out.
Once we hit the parking garage, Wallis dropped her act and started griping, “If I
wasn't fishing for info on that FreeMan, I wouldn't bother shooting the breeze with
those clowns. And you, I said I could handle my liquor, why'd you start
chugging?”
It didn’t sit right with me, “Next time you're in a tight spot like that, you're bringing
me along.”
Wallis caught my drift, scooted over, threw an arm around me and said, “Chill, I
can take a little booze. What's lit is, I snagged the intel on FreeMan.”
She said that in two days, FreeMan would be making a low-key appearance at
an upcoming fan meet-and-greet.
That was like manna from heaven for us. I really didn’t want to drag Candy into
anything that would bum her out.
After dropping Wallis off at her place, I chewed it over and decided we absolutely
couldn't let Candy's thing blow up into a courtroom circus.
Looked like groveling to Hogan was my only play. Wallis put her neck on the line
for the company, so my pride wasn't worth squat.
When the cab pulled up at Rainbow Capital, night had already thrown its cloak
over the city. I took a deep breath and stepped into the building. But then I got
stopped by a security guard on
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duty.
“I've got a meeting with Mr. Zade.” I bluffed with a straight face, “My phone's
dead. Could you pass the message?”
The guard gave me the side—eye, half buying it.
Desperate times, I went all in, “Don’t sweat it. Mr. Zade and I go way back; he
won't hang you out to dry.”
Right as I finished, the guard suddenly snapped to attention and bowed towards
someone behind me, “Mr. Zade.”
I spun around and wanted to crawl into a hole. There stood Hogan and Zachary,
just a stone's throw away.
Judging by Hogan's stiff expression, he'd caught my little chat with the guard.
“Mr. Zade.”
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Maybe it was the booze talking, but my voice came out softer than usual,
sounding a tad ingratiating and eager to please.
Hogan seemed to sniff that out, his frown deepening by a degree, his tone
unfriendly, “You've been drinking?”
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At this, the man’s eyes flickered with scorn, and after a snort, he strode towards
the elevator, not sparing me an extra line.
In a heartbeat, I felt like I was dropped into an ice bath, my heart sinking. Clever
as Hogan was, he could see right through my little ploy.
But I was no Cecilia, not worthy of even a shred of his pity. It had been true then,
and it was true
now.
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