143 by Jade Winters

Author:Jade Winters [Winters, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B005YCQM9C
Published: 2011-10-20T17:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15CARLA WILLIAMS listened politely and sympathetically to her client charting the destruction of her life in the space of two months. She kept her manicured fingers wrapped around a silver pen, waiting to hear anything of interest that she could note as something to fight back with. What she was hearing did not fill her with great hope. As much as she hated to be the one to do it, she owed it to her client professionally and personally to cut the bullshit and be brutal with the truth. She laid her pen down on the pad of paper and rubbed her forehead, a gesture she used when delivering bad news.

"Rebecca, you don't have a chance in hell. Genevieve is a grown woman who has willingly gone home with her parents. I assume she has the freedom to leave the home as and when she wants to, and she has the free will to pick up the phone and call you should she so wish. It's not a crime to lose your memory and lose contact with people, regardless of how close they were."

Rebecca's heart sank; this was her last attempt to find a way back into Genevieve's life and her hope had been shattered in the space of a few sentences. She stood up wearily and walked over to the window overlooking the Soho shops and bars. For what seemed like an age to Carla, Rebecca stood still as a statue, gazing straight ahead, seemingly indifferent to the hustle and bustle of life on the streets below. Carla stood up and walked over to join Rebecca, putting her arm around her shoulders.

"You will get through this." That was something she didn't say lightly. She'd had clients in worse emotional states than Rebecca whom she thought had no chance of surviving, but she had been proven wrong time and time again when they had walked back through her office door like new people. Knowing Rebecca as she did, she knew she would overcome this situation, whichever way it turned out.

"If — and it's a big if — her parents try to start interfering in her financial matters," she began to say, feeling Rebecca stiffen in her grip, "we will have more leeway to act. We could then make the truth about your relationship public, which makes me think that they are in no rush to cut ties with you completely... not yet anyway. But," she said, rubbing her arm, "hopefully Genevieve's memory will have come back by the time anything that drastic happens."

Rebecca slowly let out a heavy breath and turned to look at her solicitor.

"This is what happens when you take things for granted, isn't it," she said with a hint of finality. Carla released her arm from around Rebecca's shoulders; there was nothing more she could say. Rebecca gave her a quick kiss on her cheek and thanked her for her time.

"I'll be there with you every step of the way," Carla called out to Rebecca as she left her office.

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