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FORTY FOUR
One, two, three seconds passed before Ray exploded. "You what?" his hand moved before his mind registered what he was doing. When Duke staggered back, Ray realized he'd punched him. "Why the fuck would you make Alexis clean bathrooms? Isn't there staff who were hired to do that?"
"Listen man..... "
"I am going to walk away from this conversation before I give in to the urge of throwing you off that balcony" he pointed to the double doors that led outside. "I'll be back tomorrow. You better hope Alexis calms down or you will be the one out of a job"
"You can't fire me. This is as much my business as it is yours"
"You don't have to remind me that. I can't fire you but if the Rutherford Princess decides to take all our clients, it would be y
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