CHAPTER 40: GIFT GIVING

~ DAVID HARGROVE ~

I kneeled before Maria and watched her as we spoke. She was being so stubborn and foolish. When she gave him details about her past that matched yet conflicted in with everything Jacqueline and Sabrina said to him about her.

Maria told me why she was being a brat. She didn’t trust me. Jake noted my key mistake. The key mistakes. Maria’s words and actions are her response to what she knows and what she’s experienced. She doesn’t know everything. I told her some of it. She didn’t trust me, so Maria didn’t believe my words. Now, she expected me to assist her in recovering Belgrave Tech and then take possession of it from her. After that, she expected me to leave her alone with nothing. I never intended that to happen in any scenario.

“What is in my e-mail?”

“Something you’ll need to deal with Sabrina.” Maria shrugged, even though she looked over his shoulder.

“Maria. What did you find?” I couldn