d minority shareholders in

out of respect for my dad, not becau

fidelity and his plan to drain t

d-timers were slamming their

grateful

e with you! We can't let a man

t, I felt a solid

sixty percent-enough to vote Nikolas out of ever

nts of our strategy when the coff

a thundercloud, flanked by a

hind him, sniffl

olas said, his eyes sweeping over th

round behin

got some nerve showing your face! You think we do

sting

as sc

m running the company now. Stick wi

up to me, lookin

For old times' sake, I'll give you enough money to live comfortably

turned th

on't get a

for you. It's so much work for a woman to run a big company. Wouldn't it be b

performance, finding

s, did you forget who it was that got down

ce dar

e past he h

full of ambition but h

the seed money, the pla

ho pulled him o

ted to kick me

termined to do t

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he office. She needs

ved in and su

They weren't used to this kind of rou

me by the arms, p

s is illegal

office, you can s

leaning clos

have. Otherwise, I can't be resp

ped to my sle

tood his

he foundation of T

sign sketch c

o my hands, the company

ess, he could des

taken back to

o the records room in t

amp, and reeke

ed, and the door was l

g a few steps before hitt

ing you one day

me through the doo

our mind. Otherwise, you'll

steps fa

ld fell

ling cabinet and slowly

ws, only a dim moti

, the last bit o

silence swall

ll spreading from my fee

what Nikolas

he'd lost

he had, he wou

ticke

assed. It could have been hours,

d growling. My th

rting to have tr

the stale, unventilate

pounding o

ikolas! Ope

e ans

yelling

ne! He

weakly in the

f suffocation

ight, each brea

o blur, a ringing s

r, I felt my consciou

g went black, I though

me, his eyes filled with gri

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