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50 Happy Families (Winona)

Oh great, that's all I need this week! Talk about Mondayitis. I walk past the magazine stand on the street near our office building and guess who's on the front cover of all the gossip magazines. Jayden Brennan.

Who even still reads this crap? But marketing is my job and I need to get on top of it. Not hard to see I've had some time off. I grab a couple and go pay for them.

Then I do a search on my socials.

Jayden Brennan's Ex-wife hides his child

Serious health issues for first born Brennan heir

Has Jayden Brennan lost his killer CEO edge

Rinse and repeat.

Where do they get their information? I mean, they aren't exactly wrong, but how do they know all this? I think we have a rat. Judy? Ashlyn?

Hell, it could be anyone looking to make a quick buck. But not just anyone knows about Abby's paternity. Could be guessing just for a headline I suppose.

I need to study the stories and try to pinpoint if they are speculating or not.

The Brennan empire is big news. All publicity is good publicity. I have to make it so. I think it's time Jayden did a happy family interview or something similar. I sigh. Happy families. What a dream!

after our party drinks. In fact, he says he

he had a handle on it and was fine. I think this may be why he's

going to set up a charity funding help around recovering addicts. He was so sorry. But when you get scared like that, sorry don't

think you know someone. I guess I should have asked more questions from the

I wasn't exactly a shining beacon of stability back then. I just wanted things to be okay and my life to settle

I see that now. I need to at least give him a chance. Later we'll sit and have a real conversation about his addiction

well, I may take a step back from that. Not just because of

think I can put it down to the high emotions and probably his memory

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obviously. Stupid of me to think

cannot run away

walk into work and push the elevator button to the top floor. Board meeting day. I'm not too worried. I have the proof that marketing will easily begin to rake the money back in. Polishing the turd that is the Brennans may prove harder but

to the Eskimos, no problem. But these latest headlines won't help my cause. Firstly, because I'm trying to keep the Brennan name looking good and secondly because I'm a

getting back together. So it looks like his new marriage will need

easier. She already sees me as the enemy. If she gives Jayden a hard time he will divorce

prove I can do it and set Abby up with enough funds for her future. I guess she'll always

accepted as a Brennan, the only person in the way of that being a happy family is me. In Judy's mind anyway. I

into the boardroom. Looks like everyone is here and the room is buzzing, I see Lance and walk over to him. "Hey, what's going on in here? It's never this energetic."

"What!?"

looks serious. "Enough shareholders sold out to an unknown

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