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Through the walls of her own office, Janet could hear the agitated conversation, which was punctuated repeatedly by Jacob screaoing out to his door and blatantly listening in when the door flew open
Jacob stoht into her office
“Stop whatever you’re doing,” he demanded
She dropped her paperithout a sound
“The chairency board ht,” Jacob informed her “I have instructions for you to follo!”
He barely waited for Janet to grab a pad and pen before continuing “Notify every boardand confir must tie in by video or audio conference No exceptions”
Janet finished scribbling, and then put down her pad and took her life in her hands “What happened, Jacob? What’s going on?”
“What’s going on?” Jacob snapped “Ronald Lexington’s fucking , Nancy, has reached new heights of insanity and revenge She’s decided to sue us for ful death And by ‘us’ Iafter Conrad for Ronald’s death She’s going after the whole cardiac and surgical tealect resulting in her loss”
“Medical htRonald loved this hospital sothe apoplectic look on her boss’s face “I’ll take care of it immediately”
Ryan strode into the conference roo
“Soton clan,” he announced “Nancy went to see her lawyer today And Ron and Felicia were at the apart hoorried they were about their mother, about how she was in denial over who their father really was and how out of control she was in what she was planning”
Casey put down her work and stared at Ryan “Were those their exact words—‘out of control in what she was planning’?”
“Pretty much, yeah” Ryan held up his device “I’ll let you listen to the recording They’ve been playing along with their h they kneas anything but—and they’re convinced that she knew it, too At one point, Felicia asked Ron if he thought their father had been sleeping with Madeline Westfield He said he wasn’t sure, but judging from their mother’s hatred toward her and the extent to which she was carrying that hatred, it was a distinct possibility”
“But why did she go to see her lawyer?” Casey gave a puzzled frown “Do you think she’shappens to her?”