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FEELING THE WEIGHT of her failure on her shoulders, and in the heat in her cheeks, Gabrielle closed theon the incri news of the day—the reputable news sources—but ethics required her to turn around to him first
“I fully understand if you’d like to seek other representation, Lias, and it won’t affect our friendship” She looked hiht in the eye as she spoke “This was my mistake I let you down”
“Stop” He looked as though he was going to come closer, but didn’t “I told you, this is not your fault I need you, Gabi I trust you And right now you and Marie are the only people in this world I can say that about”
“You’re sure?”
“Positive”
The glow his words—his look—gave heraround all day
And instilled a new coive Liam the absolute best representation he could hope to have
It also nudged the growing need to have the right to take care of his had to stop Because if she couldn’t get this under control, if she continued to feel jealous just thinking about hi all of them uncomfortable
Putting a breach in their friendship that surely wouldn’t survive as they all eventually married and had families of their own
Most particularly if she was jealous of the mother of his children
He atching her She had to focus To concentrate And do what she knew she could do well
“Okay, so let’s see what the media has done with you today andher voice with the confidence she gave to all of her clients
With sure strokes, she typed in the URL for a national news source before looking at the local nehich they already knew had full coverage “If you’re not up here, we’re ahead of the game,” she said as she typed Pushed Enter And waited
Watching the local coverage would be much easier for him when he knew that the scope of the broadcast was limited
The headlining story, complete with a picture that covered the top left quarter of the screen, had to do with the newest twist in an ongoing global political battle She scrolled right by it and down to the bolded list of links that represented the current news Liam wouldn’t be there Hopefully Walter wouldn’t be, either They could get to the local stuff and formulate a plan