When I told my friends about the transfer to Russford, they were less than thrilled. In fact, they were so upset that they ordered two more bottles of wine.“It’s going to be a long night,” Rachel said, as she paid the bartender at our favorite wine bar. We were well enough known here, that the bart
Girlfriend assistant? “What are you talking about?”“When I invited you over…” Tina said. When my face remained confused, hers broke out into a big grin. “Ah! She didn’t tell you. Allow me to, then. She showed up in your place. I imagine she wanted to warn me off of you, but we had a nice little con
“You mean to tell me that you entered into this arrangement with Tina without a contract?” Dylan demanded the moment Logan stepped into his office. He’d already asked this question on the phone. Logan didn’t have a good answer then, and he didn’t now either.“That’s correct,” Logan said.Dylan had b
“I’m not a prostitute,” Tina said, though her voice wasn’t filled with the same passion as when she had given that line before.“No one is suggesting you are,” Logan said. “This is more of a… thank you gift.”Tina considered that for a long moment. When her face cleared with decision, she turned to
I was not happy with this arrangement – at all. It was taking everything inside of me to hold my tongue and not lash out further. I knew, in my heart, that Logan didn’t mean to hurt me and that he saw this as the best way forward for all of us.Still, I worried. Soon, I would be leaving town and lik
I looked into his eyes and studied his face, memorizing as much detail as I could.Logically, I knew this wasn’t the final time I would see him, but nor would things be like this ever again. If we wanted to see each other now, we would have to make efforts to do so. One of us would have to travel. T
“Hazel, if you’ll come with me, there’s something I need to ask you about,” said one of the junior level staff. A question like this wasn’t too unusual, as with my departure, many people were asking me to help them with the small things I almost always took care of myself.But with the timing, quart
Eventually, I had finished speaking with everyone else in the room, aside from Cameron, and made my way to Logan, Dylan, and Tina.“I can always tackle her or something,” Maria suggested helpfully.I laughed a little, but told her, “I can handle this. Go get that cake going before Cameron runs off w
“I’ve been in this game for too long,” Senior said. “When I first got the news, I could only think about my legacy. I became obsessed with it. I’m not like you, Walter. I didn’t think about my family, or anyone else. Only myself.” “It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks,” Mr. Hudgens said. He la
“Janice,” Senior said. All smug arrogance disappeared from his voice. “What are you doing here?” “At first I didn’t think I would come,” Janice replied. “After all these years… I didn’t want to see your face ever again for as long as I lived. Better to leave well enough alone. But… after hearing e
I glanced down at my pink blouse and gray slacks. What was so wrong with my outfits? I dressed professionally… mostly. He really thought I needed supervision to pick out an outfit.Looking at Logan, I saw my own disbelief mirrored back at me. This was absolutely ridiculous.“Is that it?” Walter aske
In front of the partition screen, a large table had been assembled, with rows of chairs on either side, facing each other. We took our side, and Senior and his team of lawyers took theirs. There were so many lawyers that many of them had to stand.Senior sat across from Logan, though his glare of di
“He might surprise us,” Dylan said, a shred of hope in his voice, under a healthy level of cynicism.“Don’t hold your breath,” Frank replied.“The problem is we don’t know fully what to expect,” Mabel said. “Well – other than Senior being a crotchety asshole who will try to cheat us at every turn. W
“It’s time to talk to Logan and Hazel and stop this whole thing,” Dylan said. “You are outnumbered and outmatched, with so many people ready to stand against you.”Opening the top of the folder, Senior glared down at the stack of papers in the stack. “Disgruntled former employees. Fake friends. Fami
“We were just hoping to talk to her,” I said.The man’s brow lifted slightly. “Are you selling something? Wait -- why do you look familiar?” Narrowing his eyes, he gazed at us with suspicion. Then, suddenly, recognition must have struck him because his eyes widened. “You’re those people from the new
Despite the general unpleasantness of the conversation with the mayor and the governor, they eventually agreed to let us go. They had no real reason to hold us, and Logan saw through their veiled threats easily enough.In fact, he even seemed to make them feel to make them feel like unsupportive fri
That day, we changed our minds and decided to release six interviews to the website, with Michael Hatfield’s being the final. Overnight, the story gained so much national traction that the sheriff and two security men show up at our door.“Logan Hatfield? Hazel Whitaker? The mayor wants to speak wit