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SalmaMy blood went cold when I heard Brandon's name but I had a surgery to concentrate on. Even though I did not like the idea of Brandon with my little girl, she was safe with him for now.The second I was out of surgery, I searched for Dr. Allison so I could speak to Brandon. She gave me my phone and said, “He called you on your phone.”“Of course,” I said as I collected my phone from her. It was just like him to stalk me now and have my number. Then I remembered that Leona knew my number off the top of her head and would have repeated it to Brandon so she could talk to me.Brandon answered his call on the second ring.“What the hell do you think you're doing, Brandon? If you touch even a hair on my daughter's head I will come for your head. Do you understand me?” I launched into a litany of words the second he answered the call.“I think what you're struggling to say is thank you,” was his response, which irked me further.“Thank you?” I scoffed. “What will I be thanking you for,

Brandon “That is not how the situation was described to me,” I informed Mr. Summers, “I will not sell if they do not meet the conditions for which I am allowed by law to sell to them.” “What are you? An ethicist? You're a businessman, Brandon,” he sounded frustrated with my ethos, “you take the money and move on to the next sale.”“Leona-S will not become a weapon,” I told him, “in the wrong hands it could…” “Come on!” he threw his hands in the air to show his frustration at me, “it's a surgical machine, and not some military weapon.” “I will not sell to them, sir,” I said to him, “I care about…” “What you clearly do not care about is that Leona-S has brought us no revenue since it's been out on the market!” “That is because…” “Stop giving excuses, Brandon,” he sounded furious, “every single product you have launched since the inception of this company sold out before its official launch party. Just admit it… Leona-S is a failure and investors are not happy that over two billio

Salma I saw the punch coming but made no effort to sidestep. What I did not see coming though was the human shield in the form of Kane who took the hit for me instead of my pretty face. I heard Ariel gasp. She had just punched an attending and that would have severe consequences for her. “Dr. Kane,” I loved the sound of her voice. I was sorry, “I did not see you coming. I… I did not mean to…” “Were you about to punch Dr. Gascon?” demanded Dr. Kane who sounded pissed off. “I'm sorry… I mean, we had a personal…” “You're a doctor, Ariel, not a WWE champion! You do not punch people.” “I'm sorry,” she said again. I stood beside Dr. Kane, enjoying the view of my sister being apologetic. “And I believe you have rounds?” Dr. Kane continued. “I'm sorry,” Ariel said again and ran off like a frightened squirrel. “Thank you,” I turned to Kane with a smile, “but you didn't have to. I was handling it just fine.” “You were going to let her punch you,” Kane said. “And then have her arres

Brandon “Dr. Gascon is right,” I said, “I'm Mr. McClean. You must be the parents of the twins,” I introduced myself, “I apologize for my tardiness.” I extended my hand, and they shook it. “Mr. McClean here is also a doctor,” Dr. Allison said, “he left us to build his medical company.” The meeting ended about fifteen minutes later, with the parents leaving satisfied with Leona-S. Dr. Allison escorted them out of her office, leaving me alone with Salma.“You did not make up bad things about Leona-S,” I remarked to fill the awkward silence between us. “I don't have any reason to yet,” her tone was tense, “don't give me one now.” “How's Leona?” I asked, and that elicited a frown from her. “Why do you care?” she asked, her tone confrontational. “She's been through a traumatic incident,” I said, “I think she should see a therapist.” She scoffed. “What makes you such an expert on children?” “There was a shootout,” I was trying to be reasonable, “she was there. That sort of thing ca

Brandon A smile made my lips curve up as I put my head on pillow to sleep. Today had to be the best day of my life. I would do anything in my power to spend another evening just like I had with Leona.Salma had tried to ruin the evening by being sour all night, but I had ignored every snide remark she made after Leona threatened to sacrifice waffles forever. If she were my biological child, that would be a huge sacrifice. My phone rang, pulling me out of my reverie and making me sit up in bed. It was Rose calling me. “Rose?” It was already ten o'clock at night. What could she possibly want at this time? Had she scheduled some meeting for me in the middle of the night?“Brandon?” “Did you call me by mistake?” “Not at all. I'm just surprised you answered at all given that you have ignored all my seventy two missed calls thus far!” “Is there an emergency at the office?” “You were supposed to be back by 4:15pm for your meeting with the New York branch, then you were meant to have d