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.

Zade’s asking for you and

out of the blue.

he mention what

but judging

felt a headache coming

no–win situation; who knew what kind

hour later, we showed up at the

phone, rattling off at a clip and

sound

exchanged a glance and patiently stood by.

gave us a cursory glance before

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“Cut to the

I said, without

of his eyebrow, and said, “I hear you’ve been

had reached

a new cash cow while I’m still in the picture?” Hogan scoffed. “Ever consider that if Rainbow Capital drops

and I had

we heard Hogan say, “If you lack the commitment, then maybe it’s best

were blindsided by Hogan’s

knew we had been looking for other investors, so why the

sidelong glance and quipped, “Times change.”