Lahat ng Kabanata ng Aegis Group Dangerous Ladies: Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

Tuesday. Luxe Ibiza Hostel, Cala Gració, Ibiza.JENNIFER WALKED THE WIDTH of the pool. She resolutely ignored the constant twinge in her left knee.Adrenaline had given her feet wings yesterday. And a whole lot of strength she hadn't really had at the time. She'd held on to that anger, letting it fuel her while they took a ferry that got them into France. But that was as far as she'd held out. The pain had become unbearable.Thanks to Ivy and Piers connections, Jennifer had been seen by a doctor who hadn't asked too many questions. He hadn't batted an eyelash when she'd explained she'd been hogtied and left in a box for twelve or so hours.The short story was that she had pinched and damaged nerves from being contorted and left for so long. Even doing her best to roll over hadn't been able to stop it from happening. Now all she could do was give herself time to heal and gentle rehabilitation."Look at you go," Lumen called out.Jennifer grimaced and turned to walk back t

Six weeks later. Luxe Ibiza Hostel, Cala Gració, Ibiza.JENNIFER'S RIGHT HAND TINGLED. Six weeks later and it was still an issue. She could fire a weapon, but only a few times before the tingling became numbness.It was official. Without more rehab and potentially a surgery, she wasn't going back into the field. Orion had even insisted on flying her to France to see a specialist. The doctors had changed their tune. Every one said if she continued her regular physical therapy, she'd get full use back. But no one could tell her when.Aegis Group shouldn't keep paying her to do nothing.She glanced out the cottage windows where Orion was working on the bicycle she'd picked up second-hand. He'd given her hell about that and almost insisted he go buy her something new, citing all these concerns about her having an accident and further damaging her hands or legs. In the end, he'd subsided to grumbling and taking the whole thing apart.Funny, she'd have thought being treated like

Friday. Bluhm Family Home, Malibu, CA.LUMEN TEMPLE SCRUTINIZED THE security feeds that covered every inch of the Bluhm family property. Honestly, when her clients had decided to move into the very exclusive Malibu Colony, Lumen had hoped they would be able to downgrade security.This last week proved that even here, they weren't always safe.Should she call in back-up?She immediately discarded that idea. The Bluhms were well aware of the threats against them and they did their best to live as normal a life as they could, what with William Bluhm III being one of the hottest daytime TV stars and Nabanita's notoriety for simply existing. Even a routine trip to the park meant a full security detail right now.What was the right thing to do?Lumen tapped over to the app that allowed her to communicate with her coworkers at Aegis Group. She was doing her best to avoid her phone. Jennifer had begun calling her every thirty minutes, starting yesterday. It was not helping Lumen

Friday. Bluhm Family Home, Malibu, CA.LUMEN HATED HAVING THE police in the house. Nabanita had done everything in her power to maintain as normal a routine as possible. The children were too little to understand, and it wasn't like there was anyone besides Lumen and Nabanita to take care of them while the police asked their questions. One small win was that Bethany had stopped by to pick something up and switched into damage control mode. But even with her there they all had their hands full.Except Max.Lumen glanced out the window despite her vow to stop looking.Nabanita's two oldest were out in the sandbox with Max. He had such an animated, warm face as he reacted to something the kids were saying. He'd kept them both distracted all while the cops did their part.This had been planned. They'd picked a day when the house was short one person, while William was at work and coordinated with the construction business working next door to make this happen. Of course, both

Sunday. Bistro Cool, Los Angeles, CA.MAX PEERED AROUND AT the restaurant Lumen had suggested. He was glad to see it wasn't like the excessively trendy places he'd stumbled on so far during his stay in LA. He was used to rich people and flashy, but Europeans were different from Americans. It was hard coming back to this faster paced lifestyle. The tension slowly coiling tighter inside of him didn't help either.He checked his phone, still expecting to see a message from Lumen about pushing back their meeting. It hadn't surprised him that she'd been busy yesterday. He still had no idea why anyone would attack the family of a soap star. And though Lumen had told him to Google the story for himself, he hadn't wanted to fill his head with the sensationalized version he'd no doubt get from some website. Besides, maybe the less he knew, the better.The reason he'd moved to the Mediterranean was about a slower pace of life, less stress, less pressure to be perfect and achieve it all.