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I put etup that was pretty plain for ht, black skirt and a ruffled top that looked like soirl would wear that perfectly matched the red streak in my hair I put on soo into battle with another woman and not have on footwear that wasn’t as iave myself one last look over in the mirror and headed down to LoDo

LoDo was pretty quiet on Mondays, which was one of the reasons the shop was closed on that day It tookwhere Sayer worked because she had never actually given me the exact location, and when I found it I was a little stunned and adant brass-and-wood doors

This was no tiny law practice This was a giant operation withscreamed wealth and opulence as soon as I hit the lobby There was a security guard at the desk that gave me a curious look when I asked if I could see Sayer

"Do you have an appointment?"

Did I look like I had an appoint sure all of my teeth showed

"No But if you tell her Salem is here to see her, I bet she’ll have you send me to her office"

He shook his head and turned back to the oes up without an appointoing to the coffee shop and stalking her until she showed up like she see, when I heard uard and his massive desk

I took a few steps back and noticed Sayer co wo would be fine, that she just had to trust her, but her soft words see all over her face and was oblivious to the scene she was causing, but she repeatedly told Sayer "thank you" and accepted her hug on the way out the lavish front doors

Sayerand I noticed she twisted her hands together Good I was glad I made her nervous

"Do you have a minute?" I made sure that my tone indicated even if she didn’t, she better find one for me real quick like

She nodded "My next client isn’t until one but I have a conference call with opposing counsel for a divorce I’ on that I have to make before then"

"I won’t take up too much of your time" I would take as much time as I needed to tell her what I had coain and walked over to the desk and sn in Saleuard obviously had a soft spot for her because he didn’t grill her about who I was or why I was there, he just did what she asked and soon I was following her to the elevator We took an uncomfortable ride up to the top floor and I realized belatedly that Sayer wasn’t just a lawyer, she was a partner in this well-established firm and her very classy and plush office reflected that

"You’re kind of a big deal? Aren’t you?"

I settled back chairs across frorab me a cup of coffee or sorandfathered in They do a lot of pro bono work and tend to be really active in the different communities the fir them to branch out to Denver?"

She flushed a little and leaned back in her chair "When the proposal to open a new office caested Denver as a location, but there is a board that has to vote, so they could have picked Santa Fe or Phoenix, which were the other two options on the table"

"You know you could have explained who you were and avoided the trouble of co into the shop"

She closed her eyes for a second "After my dad passed away it took a while to track Rowdy down The entire ti it was one last ‘screw you’ froht it had to be a joke or so his estate Once I kneas a real person--reallyto know hiot to Denver and settled in, it took e to even look up where the shop was at It took me another two to walk in the doors When I saw him--when I sa much we looked alike" She exhaled loudly and opened her eyes back up "I kneas real I played out every scenario there was on how to tell hihtmares about what his reaction would be It went about as well as I expected"

"Can you bla, no way to prepare himself for that kind of news He’s always been on his own, never had a faot here and Phil wrapped him up in the Marked family All of a sudden he has a sister and a dad that didn’t want him What would you do in his shoes?"

She just stared ataway "I don’t know I never er either I have to settle the estate I only had oneto hed and scooted a little closer to the edge ofabout Rowdy St Jaood man but he has suffered so much loss in his life it’s really hard for hi family--actual blood fa azing into all weekend

"I came across the information on his mother’s murder when I tried to track hi Hisup and I left hi, and then there was h "Rowdy adored her, claimed to be in love with her, and even went as far as to ask her to marry him" My voice cracked a little and I had to clear my throat "And then there is Phil Donovan He’s the ht hiave him a dream job, fostered his art, and let hiave Rowdy the one thing he alanted, a hoo Everyone Rowdy loves has let him down or left him in some way That’s why he froze you out, why he wouldn’t hear anything you had to say to him"