All Chapters of Second Chance: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

I am glad that Holden gave me a heads up that Amelia had left the office. I am sure she is going to be in rare form when she gets home. Now do I want to be here? The answer is a big NO. But it will be better if I am here, because instead of her calming down if I am not home just isn’t going to happen. If I am not there for her to vent to she will just get even angrier than she already is. If her behavior continues like this, she is going to have to go to a counselor or we are done. There is no way I am going to marry her and these issues continue. I saw my parents do nothing but fight and they ended up with separate lives. They stayed married because it would have cost them a small fortune to get a divorce. So dad had his women and mom slept around with both men and women. I just stayed in the basement of the house like it was my own apartment. It was easier to not see them. It was a God send when I was able to go to school at Penn State with Holden. Without Holden, I don’t know how I

Today is the day. We are finally going to be meeting with the Board of Supervisors and the Zoning Commissioner. Myself, Seth, and Mayson have put in long hours on very little sleep to get this presentation ready. The IT person Seth hired, still can’t figure out what happened to the files. That is a mystery for another day. We have run through this presentation so many times, I think we could do it in our sleep. This has to go well or we could lose the contract. The company will take a huge financial hit if that happens. Seth and I have been planning on this revenue to expand the business. We want to keep it here in Chance but want to branch out to some of the larger cities. With this large of a project in our portfolio we can expand and even have Mayson as a partner, if she will agree to it. I don’t want her to think I am offering her the job because were are a couple. Seth and I have both talked about this and believe that she will be an asset to the firm. Seth said he would deal w

Thank God, that Councilman Jordan is going to be okay. If I was a superstitious person, I would think this project is cursed. I am praying that what we did get a chance to present before the ambulance had to be called for James’ health emergency. The EMTs said it was an allergic reaction to something in his food. The only thing that he was allergic to was peanuts. The restaurant was advised of the special requirements on his food. I am starting to get even more suspicious of what’s been going on. I have everything Diane said in the back of my head about Amelia. The files disappearing was one thing, but was she truly capable of hurting someone. James Jordan could have died if Holden hadn’t noticed he wasn’t feeling good. I can’t imagine, no matter how mean she could be, that she could be capable of murder. I can only hope that the decision from the board will come quicker than two days. Seth had give Amelia the task of finding out what happened at the restaurant that could have conta

Son of a bitch! I cannot believe what my IT guy just told me. He finally found out exactly what happened to the files on the server. If I didn’t have this is black and white in front of me, I would never believe it. Why would Amelia do this to me? She knows how important this company is to me and how much hard work has gone into getting the contract with the town. She could have easily cost us the entire thing. If we did not have Mayson on our team, we would have never gotten the approvals we needed. We are breaking ground in two days. That is enough stress because we have to put together a ceremony for local publicity. I don’t know how or if I am going to tell Holden. He needs to know because not only is he my business partner but he is my best friend. Since we are this close to getting the approval from the board, I can’t risk telling Holden or Mayson right now. I can’t confront Amelia either. She is acting pretty unstable over the last week or so. I don’t know how she is going to

It was hard for any of us to concentrate the rest of the day. We were so excited about getting approvals. I think that in the back of our minds we had expected to get turned down. I know that Holden was worried that if that would happen, Mayson may leave again. They were back together and probably more in love now than when we were teenagers. I guess he had a fear that something would happen that would break that bond again. Amelia’s childish antics sent Mayson packing the first time. The things that have happened since she has been back in town are much worse. I hope that she stays put this time. I don’t think Holden will survive if he loses her again. The zoning department sent over a courier with the permits. I think I am going to have them framed at this point. I do not even want a spec of dust on these documents. I have the permits laid out on my desk when Amelia walks in. She has been surprisingly nice lately and that has me a little worried. Most of the time when that happens