Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 97

just found out that Cecilia was the one who saw things most clearly. Seeing that I kept mum, Cecilia piped up again, “Xaviera, you don’t need to try to talk me out of it. The decision to sue was Hogan’s call; sorry, my hands are tied.”

After she said her piece, she hung up on me, not giving me a chance to smooth things over.

Wallis‘ words from before suddenly popped into my head, and anxiety washed over me. I figured, if reaching out to make peace didn’t work, then we better lawyer up, just in case.

Wallis and I only knew two lawyers who handled civil cases, but as soon as they heard the lawsuit was from the legal department of Rainbow Capital, they bolted.

Wallis was stomping mad, “Look at them, all wussy.”

I got it; nobody wanted to shoot themselves in the foot for no good reason.

Upon learning this news from who knew where, Darren showed up at our studio with a criminal lawyer in tow.

Wallis and I were super grateful, and we listened to the lawyer’s advice, “It’s all about the evidence. The café’s surveillance wasn’t clear enough to capture the whole story, but my opinion is, you can talk to the staff on duty that day to get the lowdown.”

and me start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Before sunset, Darren and I, with the staff’s recording in hand, got Cecilia

me and Darren, asking, “Xaviera,

and handed the recording to Cecilia, saying, “Director Irwin, here’s a recording of one

that, Cecilia’s face went white as a sheet,

mentioned that before Candy spilled coffee on you,

Cecilia curled her fingers nervously, stumbling over her words, “Xaviera, after our talk last night, I thought it through, and honestly, it’s not as serious as the lawyers make it out

exchanged another look, and he asked, “So what are you suggesting, Ms. Irwin?”

glanced at me and said, “I’ll talk Hogan

did I breathe a sigh of

Cecilia ask,

some banal chit–chat we had with the café

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and me to put two and two together that the provocation Candy spoke of