I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT

NELINA

"Nelly, who is it?" Marica asked casually.

"It's the same number as yesterday."

"Take it; let's hear what he has to say this time," Royce said.

I swiped the screen to answer the call and then put it on speaker mode. We were all attentive in listening to the other line.

"Nelly, you didn't listen to what I said the last time I talked to you. Let's make a deal. You stop the cases against Mr. Robert Gonzalez and the other executives, and we will withdraw the case against your boyfriend. You surely won't like having your boyfriend locked in jail. Do you?" The man, in a rough voice, laughed. He sounded like he was mocking me.

His confidence in getting Royce in jail was on another level: he scared me to death and could not speak. Royce gently squeezed my shoulder; it took me out of reverie. He grabbed the phone from my hand.

"You cannot threaten us just like that. If you think you have what it takes to win this war, show it in court, not here. Mr. Chairman, you won't be bragging abou