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I went back to the staff room in a corner office It was a cool space, with a kitchen and pair of sofas, a big screen TV on the wall and a couple of old video gaainst the other wall I could have used an office there as one of do the office for years and had it before we joined forces for Chatter We both liked to keep our offices separate, but with Astra Invest to eventually buy some office space that was purpose-built for the new company We'd both work out of the one office and close up the old office spaces, although I suspected John would keep this office just for the nostalgia of it

I fixedoutwith Pete I could tell the neasn't well-received She must have hoped we could easily take care of the videos but that wasn't going to be the case

They didn't s for Alexa

Finally, after about ten minutes while I read my Facebook feed, John came into the break room "Hey, come on back," he said and waved me to follow him "My three o'clock appointment is finished"

"Great," I said and followed him to the other side of the penthouse where he had his office Once inside, we sat in one corner near the wall-to-ceilingthat afforded a nificent view of the campus

"It'll be hard to give up this office space," I said and glanced around

"It will be, but I' of which, I just got a call fro a lot of questions about the joint venture and Astra He see with us"

"Really?" I said and frowned "How come?"

John shrugged "We've got nothing but great ratings from the businesses we've worked with and our credit is spotless So has him spooked I wonder if he hasn't heard about the video and is reluctant because of that It's all over the gossip columns"

"Did hein affront "Did he actually mention the video?"

"No, no," John said and held up a hand "He didn't say anything about Alexa It was just this sense that ere a risk and he had toto be a problem"

"We're clean," I said with a little more force than I intended, but I wasin the world of business If you had a bad rep due to financial s, your future was bleak Chatter was clean, both John and I were clean There was literally nothing that could s look bad

"I know it, and you know it, but for some reason, Ada over financial records, tax filings, and our personal finances He did ht"

"What?"

John sighed "I guess he checked with the court register and saw that your name was on the docket I told hi with your forht it was serious that you had been taken in and kept overnight, even if you weren't charged"