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Chapter 16- After
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Seducing My Brother-in-Law Chapter 18- January
January arrives cold and without ceremony.The estate fraud case closes on the sixth. Michael signs the restitution agreement at nine in the morning. No NDA. Full public record. Patricia calls me from the signing room while it is happening.“He looks tired,” she says.“He should,” I say.“He asked about you,” she says. “Before we started. He asked if you were alright.”I sat with that for a moment. “What did you say?”“I said you were fine and we had documents to sign,” she says.“Good,” I say.The fourteen million plus interest transfers to Samuel by the end of the day. He calls me at four thirty. He does not say much. He tells me the transfer is confirmed. He tells me he is at the studio. He asks if I want to come by after work.I say yes.I take the subway to Bushwick.***^January also means Okafor and Associates.My first day is a Monday. The office is on Rector Street in lower Manhattan. Four attorneys, two paralegals, and one administrator named Carl, who has worked there since
Seducing My Brother-in-Law Chapter 17- Sunday In Brooklyn
My mother cooks from seven in the morning.I know this because she calls me at seven fifteen to ask if Samuel has any dietary restrictions. I tell her no. She says goodbye and hangs up. Twelve minutes later she calls back to ask if he likes plantain. I tell her I assume so. She says she will make extra.Samuel arrives at my Clinton Hill apartment at eleven.I moved in four days ago. The apartment is small and real and entirely mine. No Thomas art on the walls. No carefully curated furniture. A bed I chose, a couch I chose, a kitchen table with two chairs because two is the right number for the life I am building.Samuel knocks. I open the door.He looks at the apartment over my shoulder. He takes it in without comment. Then he looks at me.“Good,” he says.We took the subway to my mother’s.She lives in Flatbush in the same apartment she has rented for twenty-three years. The building is clean and loud and smells like every family in it is cooking on Sunday. We went up two flights of
Seducing My Brother-in-Law Chapter 16- After
They finalized the divorce on a Tuesday morning in November.Patricia calls me at nine forty-three. I am sitting in a coffee shop on the Lower East Side, not the Langham neighborhood, not anywhere connected to the Thomas family, a small place with mismatched chairs and coffee served in ceramic mugs.“It is done,” she says.“Okay,” I say.“That is all you have to say?”“What else is there?” I say.She is quiet for a moment. “You are officially Khloe David again,” she says. “As of nine forty-one this morning.”I sit with that for a moment.Khloe David. Not David-Thomas. Not Thomas at all. Khloe David, who grew up in Brooklyn, earned a scholarship, built herself from nothing, made one significant wrong turn at twenty-six, and spent two years learning how to find her way back.“Thank you, Patricia,” I say.“Send me something nice,” she says. “I earned it.”She hangs up.I finish my coffee. I leave a good tip. I walk outside into the cold November air.I do not call Samuel immediately.I w
Seducing My Brother-in-Law Chapter 15- Matthew’s Real Game
Matthew Cross is not at Langham.I know because Samuel called the front desk from the cab, and the desk clerk said Mr. Cross checked out at seven this morning. One hour before, we sat in Arthur Mead’s office listening to Gerald’s voice. One hour before the settlement closed.He was already gone.“He knew,” Samuel says.“He always knew,” I say. “The question is what he knew and when.”I called his number. It goes to voicemail. I do not leave a message. I text instead.I know about the transfer. I know about the leverage note. Call me.We ride in silence for a block.My phone rings.Matthew.“Where are you?” I ask.“JFK,” he says. “My flight boards in forty minutes.”“You are running.”“I am leaving,” he says. “There is a difference.”“Matthew.” I keep my voice flat. “Divine paid you three times market rate with a transfer note that says leverage. You handed me the flash drive. You went on record with the Times. You burned your own cover and your contract.” I pause. “I need to understan
Seducing My Brother-in-Law Chapter 14- Mercy
Mercy Cole is in Mount Sinai.The same hospital where Gerald Thomas died. The same floor, different wing. Jennifer Cole meets us at the elevator bank, and she looks nothing like her sister. Where Mercy is polished and deliberate, Jennifer is plain and tired, and clearly someone who did not choose to be in this situation.“What happened?” I ask.“Car accident,” Jennifer says. “Last night. She was driving home from the office.” She pauses. “The police are calling it an accident. Mercy is not so sure.”I look at Samuel. He looks at me.“Which room?” I say.Jennifer leads us down the hall.Mercy is sitting up in the hospital bed when we walk in. Her left arm is in a sling. A bandage covers her right temple. She looks smaller than she does in the Thomas family social orbit, which is the most surprising thing about her right now. For six weeks, she has existed in my mind as a calculated, powerful threat. The woman in the bed is thirty-one years old and frightened.She looks at me when I wal
Seducing My Brother-in-Law Chapter 13- Gerald’s Game
Gerald Thomas knew.He knew about Samuel and me before he died. He recorded his response. He left three recordings total, each one placed like a chess piece, each one timed to land at a specific moment in a sequence he designed from a hospital bed while his family moved around him, believing he was dying.He was not simply dying.He was managing.I stand on the sidewalk and look at Samuel and say, “Gerald knew about us.”Samuel does not react with surprise.I registered for that.“When did you find out?” I ask.“Four days ago,” he says. “Elena flagged it. Gerald’s personal lawyer informed her that the third recording existed.” He meets my eyes. “I was going to tell you.”“When?”“After the Times story. After the settlement. After the immediate fires were out.” He holds my gaze. “I did not want it to change what you decided about us.”I look at him for a long moment.Two weeks ago, I would have called that a lie dressed as protection. Today, I understand it as a man who was frightened
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