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in the elevator doors as soon as it appeared. My feet s
tary, an old battle ax of a woman who'd b
he rim of her glasses. "You're late Blake. Best go
liked my dad, so it would have been nice to have a few minutes to catch up. G
. "Before Danny's fanciful ideas have a
ld who would talk to or about my father that way. I loved Norma for it. "You're right. Before we
smile. I counted my interaction with her as a success and added th
ockets. Pausing his pacing down the length of the office, he turned to look at me. "Blake, there you are. I was wondering when you were going to grace us with your presence. D
n't make small talk often. We both preferred getting to the point
ing over paperwork swept his glasses from his face and stood up, e
my fist before he pulled me
od, Dad
before he nodded with satisfaction and went back to his chair. "I've been
words. People often said that Dad could have easily been mistaken for our older brother with the similarities between us. Jet b
rugged, lowering myself into a soft, black leather chair. "You
Danny said. "Social media is the way of the fut
rough my hair and winked at Dad.
s paperwork. "Neither of you have a cl
hot back. Dad was onl
damn sight mor
backrest. "I'll take that as a yes for the campaign, then. Moving on. The p
ly get behind it," I told him, reaching for my laptop in the bag beside
ager, actually. Dustin's a friend of mine, and he's be
laptop. "What he deser
the sheaf of papers on hi
know I didn't just say things like that, or make wild a
down on his desk and turned the screen to fac
ust told you, he's a friend. He wouldn't do that
as in charge, and not Danny. "I've run them agai
Danny spat.
but kept his glare on the back of my head. "Blake, I'll take a look at th
eing full of shit to block Dusti
ffice. Why would I randomly carry around evidence that someone's been steali
urge to punch my fucking brother in the face. He had a way of bringing out my inner teenage Neanderthal. "I
looking at then," Danny interjected
n the ground to assess the situation. The property is due
da sooner than expected, I was i
get there, the sooner you can st
to change my ticket. Danny was right about one