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Thorne sent Charlene a divorce reminder on her mother's birthday. How appropriate. "If you're free Monday morning, Mr. Henderson's office would want to schedule the paperwork for next Monday at 9 a.m. in city hall," Padgett offered once more. Ms. Ross, what are your thoughts? "I'm available Monday morning," Charlene retorted. "Okay," Padgett responded. "I'll let Mr. Henderson's counsel know." "Okay." Charlene saw a missed call from Thorne in addition to Padgett's. She surmised that Thorne's motivation for calling was most likely the same as Padgett's. She didn't bother to give him a call back.Charlene left early on Monday, shortly after eight, after spending the weekend with her family. Thorne was there when she arrived to city hall. Thorne had carried the divorce agreement and their marriage certificate with him, as she had not taken it with her when she moved out. When they were first married, Thorne had departed right away after the paperwork, his face expressionless, not even loo

Despite attending the panel discussion at St. Aurelia's University, Charlene and Vesta did not cross paths on that particular day. Charlene and Stewart were prepared to depart the university by three or four o'clock in the afternoon. "We're conducting a symposium downtown on Saturday," Professor Hancock said, extending another invitation as he and the university president escorted them out. Would either of you be interested? Charlene stopped in the middle of her step and looked at Maureen, who was only a few feet away."I'm sorry, I have something essential to attend to on Saturday, so I won't be able to make it," she said, hurriedly averting her gaze and putting her lips together. Charlene and Stewart said their goodbyes, got into the car, and left St. Aurelia's. Stewart didn't say anything till they were traveling. "Back there, you appeared a little strange. Has something occurred? When Saturday was brought up and Charlene's gaze landed on Maureen, he had seen the flare of emotion o

When Kevitt Smith, a person she greatly admired in the industry, traveled from abroad to see Charlene and Stewart some time ago, he casually told her that her career development would have been remarkable if she had joined PrimeStar last year. She completely agreed at the time. She felt she had been deprived of a crucial chance and even harbored resentment toward Charlene for obstructing her road to PrimeStar. However, she realized she had lost far more than she had anticipated when she saw Charlene standing proudly by Stewart's side and saw how much she had grown in less than a year.It wasn't just Stewart, after all. Kenton was also present. In addition to being extremely talented, Kenton's position provided him with first access to the most thorough and advanced knowledge available in their industry, making him a formidable force. Charlene and Stewart both greatly benefited from that kind of edge. Given her intelligence and work ethic, her mother had always predicted that she would

Charlene sat down in the front of the hall, close to the center aisle, and greeted Stewart, Professor Hancock, and the others. Vesta wound up in the second row, and Stewart joined her. In an effort to motivate the students in the audience, Charlene and Stewart, two emerging stars in the field, were both invited onstage to discuss their methods for learning and research.After their discussions ended and the floor was made available for discussion, Charlene and Stewart quickly attracted the attention of the room's top specialists, who were all keen to talk to them. Each of these renowned academics has their unique area of expertise. Charlene easily held her own whether the topic was multimodal interaction, embodied intelligence, convolutional neural networks, or any other cutting-edge subject.She provided new insights and useful recommendations for challenging problems that had been plaguing even the most experienced researchers, such as missing modalities or computational bottlenecks

When their talk was over, Charlene and Stewart changed topics and began discussing business. Shortly after, Charlene received a call from Professor Hancock inquiring about her availability to attend a panel talk on artificial intelligence at St. Aurelia's University the next week. In actuality, PrimeStar received a formal invitation from St. Aurelia's about two weeks ago. Stewart had been their main invitee at the time.However, Charlene's fame skyrocketed following the publication of her most recent work, which had remarkable depth and creativity. The university now hoped that Charlene and Stewart would be on the panel. Charlene had never given going any thought. She has maintained a fairly low profile since the publication of her paper, declining all requests for interviews. As a result, the public knew very little about her other than her name, Charlene. She was surrounded with curiosity.By now, Charlene and Stewart had established themselves as the nation's poster children for th

With a nod, Charlene took a seat on the couch near the coffee table. Thorne issued another directive. "Have someone bring in some coffee." Josh quickly replied, "I've already taken care of that." As soon as he finished speaking, Sunny Fields showed up at the door with a tray, knocked courteously, and went inside. When she spotted Charlene, she hesitated. "Ms. Ross?" Charlene has been replaced at The Henderson by Sunny. The group once she was gone. The two had not communicated since.Charlene smiled warmly at her. "It's been a while. It truly has," Sunny replied, grinning back. But Sunny knew it was no time for small talk when Thorne was around. She hurriedly placed the drinks in front of Charlene and Thorne before turning to walk away. Something seemed to occur to her halfway to the door, and she turned back to give Thorne a quick update on her work. Thorne listened, then said, "I understand. Have him stop by before three; I'll be free this afternoon.""Of course," Sunny replied. She