The Platinum Reunion (The Platinum Series Book 3) by T V Hartwell

Author:T V Hartwell [Hartwell, T V]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Valay Books
Published: 2017-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

The next day, Jake arrived to work early and immediately buried himself in the details of the case he was working on involving the SEC investigation of his client. Taking the lead in handling such an important case with a new client to the firm helped him to focus on his work with a renewed sense of energy and dedication. He remained confined to his office from the time he’d arrived at seven thirty that morning until well past noon.

Jake’s assistant, Patti, pushed the partially closed door open and poked her head through. “Peekaboo!”

Jake stopped what he was doing, looked up at her, and smiled. “Come on in,” he said, waving his arm.

“Your door’s been pulled closed for so long, I thought maybe you’d left without me noticing,” Patti said as she stepped toward the front of Jake’s desk.

“Oh, I was just trying to keep from being distracted. How are you?”

“I’m fine. How are you? You’ve seemed so on edge this week. Has this new case got you in a tizzy?”

Jake chuckled. “No. I’m excited about this case, actually.”

“Well, and I know you had a family matter to deal with earlier this week. I hope everything’s okay.”

“Thanks. Things are a little better,” Jake said, keeping it vague.

“I hope nobody’s sick or anything. That’s always so stressful, dealing with a sick parent. When my mother was battling breast cancer before she passed away—this was before you started working here—I had to take so much time off to care for her with the chemotherapy treatments and all, and then she got sick from that and had to be admitted to the hospital because she had such a violent reaction to it. It made her condition worse.”

Jake sensed that Patti was fishing, but he tried to be sympathetic. “Fortunately, nobody’s sick. Just some unexpected family drama. So sorry to hear about your mom, though. I didn’t know.”

“Oh, thanks. She’s been gone now for more than eight years. Anyway, did you have lunch?”

“No, I’ve been glued to my desk all day.”

“Jake, you haven’t even gone to lunch yet? What time is it?” Patti said as she lifted her arm to look at her watch. “Two thirty! It’s two thirty, Jake. Aren’t you hungry?”

“I am, actually.”

“Jake, get out of here and go get you something to eat already.”

“I know, I know. I’ll go shortly.”

“No. Right now, Jake. Come on,” she said, motioning with her hand for Jake to rise from his seat. “Let’s go, sweetie. I’m going to play your mama now. I’ll play your assistant again when you get back. Let’s go.”

Amused at Patti’s insistence, Jake laughed. “Oh, all right. I’ll go. I could use a little walk, anyway. My legs feel a bit cramped,” he said as he stood to his feet and walked around from behind his desk, wobbly.

Jake went downstairs to the food court in the basement of his building and bought a Chinese chicken salad along with a bottle of water. He then rode back up the escalator to sit and eat outside in the warm sun.

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