Page 36 of Undone, Love Times Three

“Okay, I’ll talk to dad before I call them.”

“He’s in meetings till three.”

She’s good friends with dad’s assistant. Plus, it makes sense they know all the execs diaries. Thanking her, I head into the office. She stands in the doorway and says she will be in after my call to run through today’s meetings, then closes the door.

Sitting at my desk, I sip my coffee and pick up the phone.

“Dan,” my lawyer Ted says jovially when he answers the call.

“Hey, how’s it going?”

“Can’t complain,” he replies. “Angelica just got word she got into Harvard.”

“Wow, that’s amazing. Tell her I said congrats.”

“Will do,” he sighs. All pleasantries out of the way. “I got a call from another firm about needing to talk to you regarding an assault matter.”

“What?”

“It occurred at a bar, called…” he pauses and papers shuffle. “Blue’s Hideaway.”

What the hell? I’m confused. I didn’t press charges. I didn’t even go to the cops. I’m pretty sure Blue didn’t call the cops. That’s not her name. Can’t help thinking of her that way though.

“What assault?”

“Reed Faulkner is claiming staff assaulted him at the bar when he was thrown out.”

“Jesus,” I lean back in my chair. “Has he lost his mind. He was the one throwing punches. And he rightfully was ejected from the bar. I never saw anyone assaulting him.”

“His complaint says he was roughly handled and was punched and thrown to the ground.”

“I saw none of that,” I close my eyes. “And if it did, he deserved it.”

“I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that.”

“He was the one throwing punches to get kicked out. In fact, he punched me.”

“Did you file a police report?”

“He swung on me when he was drunk. You think I’m going to call the police in for that?”

He clears his throat. “He’s suing.”

“Against who?”

“The owner of the bar.”

Fuck. “That’s bullshit.”

“Well, if you saw nothing, you just need to make that statement. Be aware, the added complication of your business dealings with Faulkner might come into play.”

“I’m not lying.”

“No one said you had to.”

“This is a bullshit case that will cause trouble for the owner of the bar, for no reason, Ted.”

“I’m not the one suing. Just meet with the lawyers, tell them you know nothing and leave them to handle it.”

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