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That kind of thinking backfired eventually, as Mick knew—and knew that Jem knew, too Tressa had coe of closure due, in part, to the previous ue and inability to deliver the low interest rates and other terms he’d promised in order to close loans After homes and cars had been purchased, so a new car, he’d call the client back with the bad news If they wanted to keep the car, or have the house actually close, they’d have to agree to higher terh of a clan of unhappy customers to do it measurable harm

“Look, I appreciate what you did, Je Tressa up tome up with her, that was decent But I can’t”

“Letthat would be difficult for him to take back Mick had hired Tressa on Jem’s word because Jem’s company had built the half-million-dollar addition to the man’s Beverly Hills hoh a second ti, to the customer And I’ll make sure she understands that the customer comes first and she has to treat every one of them with respect Even when they’re rude”

The ainst the bright sun “You sure you aren’tpromises you can’t keep?”

Tressa ht be unhappy at work, but she wasn’t stupid Her alimony was up in the next month And deep down, Tressa knew she didn’t have a slander case She’d have to actually prove that someone else had overheard what the elderly customer had said, and then prove that the stateed her or the bank She didn’t have a case

As Amelia, her soul mate, and also a lawyer, had no doubt already told her

“I’ in writing before Monday”

Jereen

Not saying a word, Mick made the par three in tatched while Jem made it in four and led the way to the next tee

He never did actually agree to keep Tressa on, but Jem knew he’d won his ex-wife another chance He just wished Tressa didn’t put hi his own reputation on her Most particularly when it came to people he liked and respected

He’d stuck his neck out for her, getting her this bank job after she’d walked out on the investment firm because an account she’d believed should have been hers had been given to someone else The least she could do was see that his head didn’t get cut off

LACEY WENT HOME to San Diego for the Me out of the traditional fae her parents had purchased when the tere little But in the end she’d gone As she always did

As she’d also knoould be, Kacey’s latest handso on her—as her sister certainly deserved Kacey was beautiful, inside and out More inside than out—which, looking at her, was hard to believe

The guy this tih They never did Kacey was so sweet and had such a selection lined up out her door, that she never had a chance to find a real guy One who’d love her even if she wasn’t Kacey Hamilton The Kacey Hamilton Of The Rich and Loyal

Not that Kacey resembled her on-air heiress soap-opera character, Doria Endlin, all that e makeup