Godless by James Dobson

Author:James Dobson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2014-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

Matthew felt himself smile at the notification of a job well done.

Chapter Nineteen

Julia quickened her pace to catch up with a euphoric Paul Daugherty as he hurried toward what he called the Launch Room.

“Not the lunchroom,” he explained. “The Launch Room.”

“As in launching big ideas?” she guessed.

“Bingo!” he confirmed with a wink.

She had arrived, as promised, a few minutes before the brainstorm meeting that, she quickly learned, had started early.

“Genius doesn’t keep a schedule,” he explained before urging her to follow.

The editor turned entrepreneur paused outside the glass-walled room where a team of soldiers armed the first missile in his moneymaking arsenal, nearly all of them quite attractive soldiers. No surprise. Paul Daugherty had always insisted his employees possess two qualities: looks and talent, in that order.

He pointed toward the front of the room, where a manicured young man appeared to be leading the discussion. “He goes by Lancelot,” Paul explained. “His real name is Lance Nordeman.” He paused dramatically as if Julia should recognize the name. She didn’t.

“As in Carnes and Nordeman, the big Madison Avenue firm.”

Neither name meant anything to her. “Wow!” she bluffed.

“I know, right?” Paul said proudly. “Lancelot is the co-founder’s son.”

“Looks young,” Julia observed. “What is he, twenty-five?”

“Twenty-three. Not much experience, but I’m betting he inherited his mother’s creativity along with her beauty!” He chortled like a naughty child.

“Is Lance your creative director?”

“Lancelot,” Paul corrected sternly. “He insists. And yes, he is. But Monica is the project leader.”

Julia looked at the other faces in the room. “Monica Garcia?” Julia asked in disbelief. “You hired Monica Garcia?”

He smiled sheepishly. “The old gang together again!”

Julia stiffened. She had no interest in working alongside the woman who had once taken her job, not because she had a speck of talent, but because she had great legs. The woman who had “coauthored” a feature that had nearly destroyed Kevin Tolbert’s reputation and happy home.

“Come on, Jewel!” Paul said playfully. “Water under the bridge. It’s a new day. She’ll behave, I promise.”

Julia eyed Paul crossly.

“Please, Jewel, give it a chance. Monica has great instincts in the Launch Room.”

Not to mention the bedroom, Julia thought to herself.

“Here we go,” Paul said while opening the door.

She reminded herself of what she and Troy had discussed. Paul thought he was hiring Julia Davidson, the award-winning columnist who personified anti-breeder and pro-transition spin. He wasn’t expecting the woman who had suddenly found religion and, worse, gotten married.

“Not just married,” Julia had added. “But married to Kevin Tolbert’s best friend, a man charging the evil Youth Initiative empire with a water pistol!”

She and Troy had shared a laugh before Julia pulled out of the driveway toward her top-secret assignment: undercover reporter investigating what she assumed had to be a crooked deal. Paul must have called in favors or, perhaps, blackmailed someone to win the contract. Her job, she reminded herself while entering the room, was to find whatever dirty little secret Paul had wrapped within the respectable veneer of a plush office suite.

“Everyone,” Paul

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