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She’d coet the foundation off the ground She had to keep people like Mrs Downings, with her understanding and co, empty hearts that she had

“Are you shutting down the whole firm?” Clair asked Aleksy with subdued panic

He turned stony “That’s confidential”

She shook her head “You can’t let everyone go Not iuessed, but it was an educated one There were hundreds of clients with invested here

“I can dismiss you,” he said with quiet assurance

Another jolt of anger pulsed through her, unfarounds?”

“Not turning up for work last week”

“I had the tio I couldn’t have known then that ht before I left” And she would have stayed if Victor’s fa If someone, anyone, had said she was needed here

“You obviously caredyour holiday than whether your job would be here when you returned”

The annual blitz of cleaning and repair at the ho from a holiday, not that he wanted to know “I offered to stay,” she asserted, not wanting to reveal how torn she’d felt With her world crashing around her here, she’d been quite anxious to escape to the one stable influence in her life

“The VP granted ether by folding her arms With her eyes narrowed in suspicion, she asked, “Would I still be employed if I’d stayed?”