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CHAPTER 18
THE FOLLOWING DAY Ta
"There's a committee here to see you, Mr. Kingsley." "A committee?" Yes, sir.
"Send them in." Supervisors from several Kingsley Group departments walked into Ta
"We'd like to talk to you, Mr. Kingsley." "Sit down." They took seats.
"What's the problem?" One of the foremen said, "Well, we're kind of worried. After what's happened to your brother…
Is Kingsley Group going to stay in business?" Ta
THE DAY THAT Andrew got out of the hospital, Ta
THE ATMOSPHERE AT Kingsley Group changed almost overnight. When Andrew was ru
WORD ABOUT PRINCESSS'S good-bye note had spread quickly through KIG. The employees had been prepared for the marriage, and they wondered how Ta
Two days after Ta
Every morning he spent two hours alone, working on a project that was shrouded in secrecy.
ONE EVENING, TANNER was invited to speak at MENSA, the high-IQ society. Since many of the employees at KIG were members, he agreed to accept.
When Ta
Ta
One of the employees looked up Sebastiana Cortez on the Internet. She was a former Miss Argentina, and her home was in Cinci
When Sebastiana and Ta
"Don't worry, darling. We'll find a way to make it work." The secretaries started gathering around the intercom, eagerly listening to the conversation.
"We have to be very careful. My husband is a jealous man." "There's no problem. I'll make arrangements for us to keep in touch." It did not take a genius to figure out what was happening. The staff was amazed at how quickly he had gotten over Princess. It was all that the secretaries could do to keep from giggling. "I'm sorry you have to go home just now." "I am, too. I wish I could stay, but-it can't be helped."
WHEN TANNER AND Sebastiana left the office, they were the picture of decorum.
The staff took delight in the idea that Ta
The day after Sebastiana departed, Ta
From that time on, Ta
Two of Ta
Everybody was happy.
CHAPTER 19
THE WORDS KEPT echoing through Diane Stevens's brain: This is Ron Jones. I just wanted to let you know that I received your paperwork and the change was made, just as you requested… We cremated your husbands body one hour ago.
How could the mortuary have made such a mistake? Lost in her grief, could she have called and asked them to cremate Richard? Never. And she had no secretary. None of it made any sense.
Someone at the mortuary had misunderstood, confused Richard's name with a similar name of another body at the mortuary.
They had delivered an urn with Richard's ashes in it. Diane stood, staring at it. Was Richard really in there?… Was his laughter in there?… The arms that had held her close… the warm lips that had pressed against hers… the mind that had been so bright and fu
"I love you"… were all his dreams and passions and a thousand more things in that little urn?
Diane's thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of the telephone. "Mrs.
Stevens?"
"Yes…" "This is Ta
THAT HAD BEEN two days ago, and now Diane was walking through the entrance of KIG and approaching the reception desk.
The receptionist said, "May I help you?" "My name is Diane Stevens. I have an appointment to see Ta
TANNER WAS TALKING to Retra Tyler. "I have two meetings coming up. Let's do a complete scan on both of them." "Yes, sir." He watched his assistant leave.
The intercom buzzed. "Mrs. Stevens is here to see you, Mr. Kingsley." Ta