Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 62

Not long after we saw Hilary off, Cecilia ducked out early too, leaving me and Wallis in a real

pickle.

“I doubt there’ll be any pulling of funding.” I mused, thinking about Hogan as mentioned by Hilary. “If nothing else, for Cecilia’s sake, he’d likely steady the ship.”

Wallis wasn’t quite on board with my take. “Even if things do steady, so what? Today Cecilia’s throwing us under the bus in front of everyone: tomorrow she could be hijacking our hard work. If you ask me, we better have a Plan B up our sleeves.”

What Wallis meant was we should start scouting for other investors.

But Frank seemed less than keen, so who else could we turn to?

“Simon’s got some connections. I was thinking of getting him to scope things out for us.”

I was a bit taken aback. “You’re still in touch with him?”

Wallis looked a bit sheepish, “Well, you know, he’s got a certain knack for that sort of thing.”

Thinking about the project’s prospects, I agreed, “Alright, let’s give it a shot then.”

For two straight days. Wallis was busy hobnobbing with Simon. Simon was once a big shot in the Oakridge City scene, had a wide network, and even knew a bunch of international capitalists. He agreed to broker some deals for us.

Wallis and I were on tenterhooks, not daring to slack off for a second.

for you and

was out of the blue.

he mention what it’s

say, but judging by Mr.

felt a headache

knew what kind of game Hogan

we showed up at the CEO’s office.

rattling off at a clip and throwing

sound too friendly.

exchanged a glance

up and gave us a cursory glance before asking, “Do you two know why I’ve asked you here?”

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“Cut to the

I said, without beating

pen, gave a slight raise of his eyebrow,

had reached his ears.

while I’m still in the picture?” Hogan

I had a

then we heard Hogan say, “If you lack the commitment, then

and I were blindsided

we had been looking for other investors, so why the

gave me a sidelong glance and quipped,