Broken Dreams Stories

Chapter 116

After the call with Rayna, Sandra pared around

ler mind raced as she pareilback and forth, her heels clicking against the flour.

Ber continuation with Berlyn had gor disastrously wrong. She hadn’t expected Evelyn to be so prepared, so ready to counter lier move. Sandra clenched her fists, trying to calm the anger sinanering just beneath the surface. The thought of Evelyn sitting confidently at the breakfau table. basking in their father’s approval, made her blood boil.

it what to do next. She stopped paring and glanced at her plone on the desk.

She needed to talk to Michael, to vent her frustrations, and to figure out wi her fingers thing to dal Micharl’s number

But a part of her hesitated. Should she call him or go to his office? After all, he was just as much involved in able to offer a solution if they talked face–to–face.

way, and he might be

Michael laid and they y should limit physical meetings to avoid raising suspicions, and she didn’t want to risk anything that might

chances with Derek

jeopardize her

Sandra resummed pacing, chewing on her lower lip as she weighed her options. The more she thought about it, the more she agreed that calling was the better choice. It was saler and more discreet.

With a frustrated sigh, Sandra grabbed her phone and dialed Michael’s number. She tapped her lingers impatiently on the desk as she waited for him to pick up.

Michael answered on the first ring, his voice calm and collected. “I was just about to call you,” he said.

“You won’t believe what Evelyn did to me this morning” she said, her voice trembling with barely contained anger.

“What d

did you do?” Michael askes, his tone sharpening with interest. He knew Evelyn enough to know she wasn’t someone who stirred trouble unless she was attacked first.

mean what did I do!”

“Because I’m sure Evely

“Are you

do anything first. So,

side right now?” Sandra asked in

merely stating a fact. Tell me exactly

tell him how Evelyn had shown up during breakfast, she recorded our conversation. Michael! And then she played it

the other end of the line before Michael spoke. “Why

I supposed to know she was recording me? It’s not like she’s ever done that before! How can you be defending her right now?” Her grip tightened around the phone, her knuckles

talk to Evelyn like that, especially in a place where anyone could be listening. You were careless to have that conversation with Evelyn

problem right now. The problem is that I don’t want Evelyn back at the family magazine.

voice calm but fin. “You need to make a choice, Sandra. You can’t have both Derek and

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rising in desperation. “I want both

Michael rubbing his temples in exasperation. “Sandra, have you considered the fact i keeping Evelyn close might actually work in your favor? We will know where she is now, and

magazine.

close eye on her and control wil she does. It’s better to have her where you can see her

As much as she hated the idea of Evelyn close incant she could monitor her

at the magazine, Michael had a point. Having

a slow side spreading across her face as the plan took shape in her mund. “I need to keep

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smooth and reassuring, “If you play your cards right, you can run Evelyn’s credibility at the magazine. Make her a laughingstock. Once she loses respect there, even

widened, the tension in her shoulders easing as she imagined Evelyn’s

you. I want us

We agreed it’s too risky,” Sandra reminded him, her mind still racing with the possibilities their

at my place,” Michael countered smoothly. “We’ll meet somewhere else, I miss you, baby. I want

out a soft laugh, though her mind was already shifting gears. “I can’t meet tonight. I’m supposed to see

Why are you meeting with her?” Michael’s voice

taking place next weekend, and I plan