gh above Park Avenue. Isolde sat across from the mahoga

wyer warned, steepling his fingers. "He will fight

d, her jaw set. "But

alone. Two paralegals from the law firm flanked her. The receptionist tried t

nnounced. She pushed open

her, his face twisted with rage. He threw the club at the wall, the

paralegals stepped in front of Isol

ers. She threw them onto his desk. "It's over, Clark. I'm

you can take my daughter? You'll leave this marria

and placed a second document on the desk. "Have you read your own prenu

smile

arital infidelity, Mrs. Ruiz is entitled to thirty percent of the company's shares. A s

pale. "That's bu

photos of Clark and Kelsey entering a hotel room, along with a copy of Kelsey's ultras

red animal. Then, suddenly, his expression shifted. The

rce? You can have it. And you can have f

yes. This was too eas

ve one little condition. You fix the Valdez deal. You get Jacques Valdez to si

ief. "You're delusional. You r

's smile was venomous. "And if you can't close the deal, it just proves ho

impossible task. Jacques had made his feeling

ord tasting like ash in

ning his tie. "Good luck.

, she leaned against the wall, closing her eyes. How was she suppose

t the business card she had taken from Bria's pillow. She pulled out her

as a crayon drawing of a tall man in a suit, holding hands

erate plan forming in her mind. She

imes. Isolde was about to ha

s's voice was

y. "Isolde Ruiz. I need to spe

word was f

e five minutes. I can explain everyth

de could hear the faint soun

shifting. "You want to talk?

xclusive building in the city. Before I

l man's private residence at night, a man who thought s

s her onl