A Sibling's Dilemma by Molly V. Lovell

Author:Molly V. Lovell [Lovell, Molly V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Solstice Publishing - Summer Solstice Imprint
Published: 2017-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Organizing the gala was one of the more stressful tasks that Ellie had undertaken. With each job she completed, two more seemed to pop up. When she finished finding caterers and bartenders, she then had to find security personnel and limos and cleaners and organizers and musicians. The tasks were never-ending. Fortunately for her, Edric gave her an unlimited budget—she was to pull out all the stops for this event.

She arrived at work earlier and stayed later. The young woman found herself at the office from eight to seven these days, with an hour lunch break to check up on and walk Spots. There was just so much work to be done and Ellie always felt guilty leaving the office while Edric was still working. She hoped that he felt similarly—the two usually left at around the same time.

Two weeks out from the event, Ellie managed to put together a guest list of about four hundred people—investors, celebrities, journalists—all eager to attend. The gala was looking like the event of the year; it was the place that all the people in the know wanted to be.

Ellie stared at the confirmed list and tried to memorize each name and face along with a fact about them. That way she could relay the information to Edric at the gala, if need be. She knew this step was overkill, but she was never one to leave things to chance.

The white-haired woman yawned and rubbed her eyes. Staring at a computer screen all way was starting to make her vision even worse. She looked up at the ceiling, blinked a few times, and then stared at the screen again.

“Why don’t you go home? It’s four.”

“No. I still have a lot of work to do.”

“Do you want me to pull the boss card and make you go home?”

“Only if you want your gala to be a mess.”

“I’m sure it’s fine. And Mary—”

Ellie’s cellphone rang. She immediately pushed the button to silence the call.

“After all this work, I don’t want your product launch to go sour. So much depends on this.”

“Well, don’t psych—” The phone rang again. Edric cursed under his breath. She pressed the button to silence the call again.

The young woman turned bright-red. “Sorry…”

“Are you going to get that?”

“It can wai—” The phone rang for the third time. Ellie finally picked up her phone and examined the caller ID—the call was from her sister. “It’s Cassie.”

“Well, you can’t keep her waiting or you’ll never hear the end of it.”

Ellie smiled at her boss and placed the phone to her ear.

“Cassie! How are you?” Ellie cheerfully asked. She was always happy to hear from her sister, as silly as it sounded, seeing as the two women lived together.

“Ellie, you might want to sit down.” Cassie responded. Her tone sounded severe. Ellie immediately picked up on this. The smile was wiped from the young woman’s face almost instantaneously.

“What happened?”

“It’s Spots…”

Ellie’s heart began to race and her hands began to shake. “What happened to Spots?”

“I was

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