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The article was accoraphs of Stelios and Brie in the vicinity of the restaurant Zoey couldn’t help noting that her client wasn’t s in any of them

“Melinda Forde strikes again,” she et ood mood for once”

And yet, Zoey felt a nameless sort of worry, like another boot was about to drop She tried to ignore it, instead focusing on the old guy a few seats down He was singing an old soul ballad in an effort to try and woo a wo politely, but it was obvious it wasn’t working Nearby, two teenagers were fil for YouTube Zoey briefly toyed with the idea of belting out the old Carh proble at her aardly

When Zoey arrived at work, it was to find a very conspicuous looking black town car in front of the building The , and when she went inside, it grew stronger still Her office door was open and she could hear an ani to so who it was

Tentatively, Zoey stepped inside

“Oh, there you are, Zoey dear We’ve just been talking about you Mr Zakiridis has some concerns he would like you to address I think I shall just leave you to it Have a pleasant day, Mr Zakiridis”

Before Zoey could utter a word of protest, Melinda was gone Zoey saw the bottle of chae was on her desk It was nearly halfway gone

She turned to Stelios, who looked very disgruntled indeed His hair was disheveled and his eyes were a little wild

Seeing her staring, he san in a voice he was clearly trying to keep even, “if I can convey to you what happened to ht…”

“Mr Zakiridis…”

“She sounded sweet enough on the phone, and even sweeter when she found out who I was, and why I was calling We set up the date, and she askeda little down lately and thought a little pomp and circumstance would help her feel better”

Zoey nodded, listening intently

“I bought that story, and I picked her up I suggested we see a Broadway play The retted it All she would talk about afteras her own experiences onstage She went on about her forot to the theater, and started on her reality career until the play started She whispered all the way through, trying to explain acting techniques and critiquing the actors’ performances until the intermission When we stepped into the bar, ere told ould not be welcome at the second half”

Zoey nodded e

“When Brie discovered this, she made such a fuss that the theater ushers called in security I had to e donation to the theater, and promise to keep Brie silent, in order to see the rely, and re your recoave her a second chance I asked her to pick a restaurant and of course she picks The Three Rivers One of thelist is legendary But I had already agreed to take her out, and I really wanted to try andwork

So we head to the restaurant and et a table after I have an expensive little talk with the ement The wait staff is slow because the place is packed, and Brie quickly loses all patience She’s ad the chef, at one point she threw a glass of wine in a server’s face The poor woman just snapped and leaped at Brie I spent the next teneach other They caused hundreds of dollars’ worth of da all over the place until security came in to restore order I’ve been threatened with several…”