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[Addison] It’s hard to feel helpless with a man like Hunter Grant on your side. By the end of lunch my heart was lighter, the dark cloud of gloom hanging over my heart evaporating into nothing. With a single stroke of my pen, as I finally sign the contract he’s been offering me for the last two months, I become an employee of the Grant Group. Even though my job is officially taking care of Livy, my title reads “Special Consultant to the CEO.” “That makes me sound far fancier than I am,” I balk as I print my name beneath my signature. “Also, that salary is ridiculous. I’d gladly take care of Livy for free.” “Noted,” he dismisses my concern as smiling, he places the newly signed contract back into his bag. “As an official employee of Grant Group, you now have the full resources of our legal team,” he explains. “It is one of your many benefits.”“Ah,” I bite my lip. “I figured I might just try to fight this one on my own. I mean, I am a lawyer.” Hunter’s tight-lipped smile belies his
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[Addison] Before I can ask Michael a single question, he hangs up, leaving me holding the phone and wondering what to do. Even though he stopped treating me like his mother months ago, technically, Jayson is still my son--which means I am still legally responsible for him even if his father refuses to be. And since we aren't officially divorced and have not made any custody arrangements, his care is still my concern at least on some level, although one would assume that moving his mistress into our home would negate that logic. Speaking of whom, where is she? Why isn't Evelyn there to pick him up? Also, Jayson's part-time nanny? Where are these people? Pressing redial, I wait for my scheming soon-to-be-ex husband to pick up the phone so that I can give him a piece of my mind. Not only am I NOT picking Jayson up, but I have no intention of doing anything to help Michael again, considering how he and Evelyn had no problem helping themselves to my money. It rings once. Twice. Three t
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[Hunter]It’s been a long day at the office. After leaving Addison, I went straight to work, but not at Grant Group—not today. I had been working at home because I’d been expecting a call about my other work, the work Addison Stone can never know about. Nobody can know about it. This work is far too dangerous. “How close are we to moving on the warehouse,” strapping down my kevlar vest, I turn to my second in command. “And have we been able to make any connection between the DeBrassy gang and Mr. Stone?”“Not a very strong link,” Reggie, opens his tablet and scrolls through his latest report as we walk through basecamp, a building that had once been used as a shipyard but has been converted for our use. “It seems that he might have defended one of their junior members in a traffic violation case, but that’s…”“Not nearly enough to take him down,” I sigh, grabbing my mask and goggles. “So where are we off to tonight?”“Another kidnapping,” his voice picks up as he talks about today’s
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[Addison]It’s weird being back home. I bought this house with my own money and yet it doesn’t feel like home anymore. As we step into the living room which two months ago I had managed to escape on a broken ankle, Jayson rushes off laughing as Livy and I stand in the doorway. “Hello,” I call out, hoping Evelyn is around. “Anyone home.” There is no response. The only sound is Jayson’s tablet turning on in the other room, his headphones' volume up loud enough that I can hear which episode of his favorite ninja cartoon is playing. “Jayson!” I call out, “You haven’t earned tablet time. Turn that off and come downstairs.” Livy looks hesitantly at the sofa, her face twisted in confusion as she looks at dirty dishes left piled on a cushion. I don't blame her for her confusion. She's probably never seen a place this messy in her life. Her uncle's cleaning staff keeps everything shined and polished. "Do you need help, Auntie," she blinks up at me with her large hazel eyes. Picking up th
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[Addison]Jayson’s words can’t be true. Michael wouldn’t have left with Evelyn on a trip without saying anything. Would he?What kind of father just leaves their child alone like that? Looking down at Jayson’s red face, his cheeks dripping with tears, all the anger leaves my body. My little boy is lashing out because he’s hurting–hurting because I left him, and now, his father and Evelyn have left him too. He didn’t ask for any of this. None of this is his fault. He’s stuck in the middle of this sick game that his father and Evelyn are playing, one that ends in heartbreak for all of us.“Oh Jayson,” I bend down, opening my arms. “I’m so sorry. I’ll stay here with you until we can get someone else to watch you.”“Why can’t you just watch me,” he looks up with his big blue eyes, red and teary from crying. “You’re my mom. Can’t you just stay here with me?”“This isn’t my home anymore,” I try to explain to him. “I can’t stay here with you anymore. Your father has Evelyn now. You wanted
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[Addison] Who is this child and what has he done with my sweet little angel? I thought I knew Jayson, that I understood him. I raised him for the last five years, from the time Michael found him in that dumpster at the age of one. But my little boy would never do something like this, something so malicious and calculating. “Jayson,” tugging at the cuff, I test it to see if it will let me go, like many toy cuffs will. But they don’t. I’m stuck tight. “Let Mama go, Jayson. This isn’t funny.” My son ignores me, pulling his tablet down from where I stored it, and opening it up. Pressing a button with Evelyn’s smiling face labeled “Mama,” he waits patiently for her to pick up the phone. She doesn’t reply, but I watch as he leaves her a video message. “Look Mama,” not Mama Evelyn, “I trapped her for you, just like you wanted. Let Daddy know, okay.” He flips the camera around to show them that I’m securely attached to the headboard of his bed. “Michael Stone, when I get free I’m
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[Jayson] Mr. D is my friend. I know he is because Mama Evelyn said I could trust him. He has an office in the shiniest building I’ve ever seen. Everything shines from the rooftop to the doors and the edges of the windows. Even Mr. D. shines with his perfect smile. All of his friends are tough, like superheroes. They fight against injustice and have shiny guns and all of them have secret identities and secret names that they made me swear never to tell. They also know how to chop someone in half with their bare hands, just like Sensei Kai from Big Battle Monster Force. One year for Halloween, Mr. D even dressed as Sensi Kai and showed me how a "real man" takes care of business. "Someday, Ace, you'll be a fighter like me," Mr. D told me. "You might not know this, but you're special. Extra special. I don't teach just anyone." Maybe, I'm meant to learn from him, just like the Monster Force learns from Mr. D. I once asked if I'd have my Monster Force and he grinned. "Of course, Ace.
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[Jayson]I knew it was important to keep Mama Evelyn's secret, even before I knew I should call her "Mama." That came later when she returned."Remember to keep my secret," Evelyn kissed my cheek giving me a special fairy stamp as I left the classroom. It shimmered in the light like real magic. I wanted to see her again. I wanted to take her home with me. But I had to say goodbye.When I got home, I tried to keep her secret, but I was excited about my day so I Told my mom we had a special substitute. "Her name was Ev..." I stopped myself, but then my mom kept asking questions. Annoying questions. "Who? Do I know her? Did she give you that stamp? What did she look like"The questions came so fast that I know I said too much. She didn't learn her real name, but the damage was already done. The next day, Miss Daphne was back and I knew why. I did it. It was all my fault. I told my mom too much and I was certain that was why my special friend was lost. That night, at dinner was so ma
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