Divorce Time

Chapter 18

Che was worried Helens would be concerned if she knew him her distress, so she quickly composed herself and asked, “Has Auri Pinda and the rest not returned from their vacation yet?

“Nope, they are having too much fun and said they’d be back a week later came the reply

“What about Uncle Vemon? Does he have another business dinner tonight?

“Your Uncle Vernon heard you were coming home and canceled his engagements. He said he’d be back for dinner with us. Should be here any minute now

“Good”

No sooner had they finished speaking than Vernon Ross walked in

Seeing Charlene, he said with a smile. “Charlene, you’re back. But then his expression turned to concem. “Why have you lost so much weight? Haven’t you been eating well?”

Charlene laughed it off. “I’ve been too busy. I’ll eat more tonight.”

and kept adding roast beef to her

worked at the Ross Group, she knew

the Ross Group wouldn’t have been in such dire

if it weren’t for Irma, Thorne, with his misunderstandings about her, would probably have been more inclined to destroy the Ross Group than help

the savory taste of the roast beef turned bland in

her to seek help from Thorne, even

dozed off, Charlene handed Vernon a seventy–million check.

I don’t

back toward him. “There’s not much else I can do to help. It is the only way.”

and could contribute to research and development. But she was not cut

and others also paid dividends annually. Adding it all up, she could easily earn tens of millions without

money several times, but the

Barely surviving.

of ability,” Vernon

company is normal,

“The Al field is growing rapidly. With your development skills and my operational expertise, our company could have

possessed her former skills, her return to the company could significantly improve its fortunes, eventually enabling her