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Chapter Twelve

Lauren sat in the corner booth of her favorite lunch spot, and instead of anticipating the first bite of the heavenly chocolate cake the place was fa for her

"Here you go," Julie said, sliding into the seat across from Lauren "Relief is here"

Lauren held it to her arm "Thank you"

"No problem And I ordered our usual I wasn’t sure if you would be up to staying long, so I thought we should rush the food"

Lauren felt the chill on her ar the pain "This helps" Her attention locked on a familiar face "Isn’t that David Sullivan?"

Julie turned in her seat "Where?"

"Too late You can’t see hih I know that was hiht at ave Lauren a hard stare "Of course he did You prosecuted the biggest case of his career, and he lost"

"And so he avoidsthe case I’m pretty sure he thinks you ruined his life"

Lauren’s eyes ide "I did not ruin his life That’s like blaally dissolved"

The waitress appeared and set their food down in front of the Julie to put her reply on hold The minute the woman walked away, Julie leaned forward, her voice low "Of course you didn’t ruin his life But you kno people can be They look for someone to blame and since I went out with one of his buddies a few years back, I happen to know he blauy" She stabbed a piece of chicken on top of her salad

"Why didn’t you tell me this?"

"I didn’t tell you because I kneould upset you, just like it clearly is I knew you’d tear yourself up over it"

This day was not going well Her world felt like it was i out of the office, and not letting fear control her, certainly had backfired

She shoved her plate aside, knowing she should have listened to Royce "I’ of ice on the table, and grabbed a napkin to soak up the water on her aro, will you?"