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Nicole was beside herself orry The owner of the co and hadn't answered Nicole's phone calls since Monday noon Further systeh the entire building in her high-heel hooker shoes, de When no one knew, she accused half of the She checked several tihter hadn't come to work either

Jim McMorroas there when she first arrived, but noastoo That was fine with her; she intended to fire him anyway

Still, without direction fro system was password protected, and her passas denied She tried several different passwords - ones she thought Gallaher ht use, and none of them worked either The new accounts people could still do their jobs, cancelled accounts were still being cancelled, and the tech depart fine Even the website wasn't having proble syste if Roxie truly ht bill had been paid, finally In fact, there was nothing for her to do and it was driving her mad

For a full hour, she stood outside and chain-sia up and take her to court Instead, her security guards loaded two suitcases full of new clothes and her laptop in a van and drove her away They pulled up beside the courthouse, escorted her through a side door, and then up two flights of stairs After they opened the door and let her into the courtroom, both of them sat in the last row of spectator seats

She waited at the shtly sht have otherwise He opened the gate for her, and then held her chair while she sat

Laura and her attorney were already there, and Georgia briefly glanced at heras expected of her; she folded her hands in her lap and looked straight ahead At last, the judge entered and when everyone else stood up, so did she

"Be seated Mr Steel, have your found yourheiress?"

Austin stood back up "I have, Your Honor This is Georgia Marie James We need more time to make certain her DNA matches that of her mother, but if the Connellys…"

"Your Honor," Bradley Hyde interrupted "Mrs Connelly would like to withdraw her petition to contest the will"