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I h the office of Bakker Phareles Zoo I stride through the bare hallways, passing by the offices, absorbing the at of a wave of ers between a handful of pharmaceutical companies Whoever wins the Bakker deal will likely stand to win the other two soal of producing new life-saving drugs

My law fir hard to get in front of this er With three oth

er co day and night to learn all they can about the CEO behind Bakker, Calvin Bakker He’s been hesitant to accept a deal yet, which speaks that he wants so very specific

I’m here today to find out what that is

I stop at the bank of s and shoveinto the factory below I’ve seen many factory workers before but there is a difference between Bakker’s employees and what I’ve seen at other places

“What are you thinking?” a soft voice says behind me

I turn toward Mallory, my assistant and Aria’s best friend For two years, Mallory has worked for me And in those two years, she’s always re blond hair pulled back into a sleek ponytail, fresh reen eyes, black skirt and white blouse irit, and determination that I depend on daily “What do you see?” I ask her, curious ifup with hers

She steps in next toemployees”

I nod in agreehter, happier, loyal even Withinthe company, it became evident that Bakker treats his employees well, and because of that they work hard for hi because that’s the way I run my law firm, too

“Did you see this?” Mallory points to a bulletin board full of papers behind her “Fahts It seems that Mr Bakker holds quite a lot of events for his employees”

“It certainly does” I glance back at the workers sitting at the tables wearing white lab coats, face es?”

Mallory opens the file folder in her arh a few documents “Above standard, for sure”

I consider that My instincts tell ht direction Two of the other coer, and fro for all four offers to decide I need an advantage over the other companies, especially the Pioneer Group, since ht noe’ve found it

“It’s got to be family” I turn to Mallory “That’s what drives a man like Bakker He thinks of his employees like fa they are taken care of, we’ll get that advantage we need”

Mallory nods “What do you need me to do?”