CHAPTER 15: BUSINESS BEGINS IN ERNEST

~ MARIA BELGRAVE ~

I sat there with Josy beside me. We were flipping through files at a frantic rate to catch up with this project. But it’s hopeless. When the CEO left, he’d allowed another company to hire the two executives who worked on building the framework for this project away from our company. It’s a mess now and I’m stuck trying to work with it.

Okay, it’s not like he stole everything. He didn’t. It’s just that I don’t have anyone who can talk to me through this. Why are we doing this now? It’s insane. What decent person calls a meeting like this after one of the power players dies? You’d think they’d wait. Of course not. Bloody cold ass men. Unfeeling jerks. I’ll get through this. Better than them, they’ll see. If they think this’ll phase me, they’ve another thing coming.

I’m unsure how to handle David. How am I going to keep him at bay? I can’t go back to him. He needs to see reason, but I’m afraid he wouldn’t be reasonable. Ugh, how can I do this? I