conference room on K Street. She had not slept a single minute. Dark purple cresce
fted sheet of paper ac
stody petition,
se, his expression deeply troubled. "Finley, are you sure? If we drop custody now, the court wi
ison into his ear. Yesterday, my son looked at me through a screen and told me he hated me. Every time I reach for h
is your o
ecause I have no independent liquidity. I want fifty percent of his personal liquid assets. I want twenty percent of his voting shares in Be
whistle. "You want to
vestigators," she said, leaning forward. "When I come back for my son, I will not be a desp
publicly, the media and the courts will brand you as a cold,
heir lives," Finley said, picking up her leather bag. "File th
outh on Route 267 into the sprawlin
manicured pines. Before her stood an architectural marvel of curved glass
ntelligence research ins
his massive corporate debts, Finley had been a rising star here. She had been the youngest doctoral candidate under Prof
ll away for a ring,
e soaring atrium. The familiar scent of ozone, pol
ood morning. I'm Finley Wright. I'm
apologetic wince. "I'm sorry, Ms. Wright. Professor Abbott's calendar i
ll his executive office. Tell him... tell him Finley i
desperation behind Finley's composed facade, sh
passed.
s. Wright... Professor Abbott declined to see you. However, hi
a S
st bitter academic rival-the woman who had celebrated th
l be right up
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