Fiftieth Birthday

isco International. I was as happy as I had been in months. This was the deal of a lifetime and I had taken my law firm to the big time by putting it together. I was proud and

ore alluring. From behind I could see she was wearing a business suit top and she had shoulder length auburn hair. She looked familiar from behind and as the car drove past her I was amazed to see it was my wife Helene. Helene always wore business suits with a skirt but

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er as I watched my wife go up t

d you take my suitcase up to my off

r, Mr. C

is black-billed cap as

still holding the slim black leather folio that contained all the required signatures that merged two la

't had a chance to call her from Los Angeles or from the airport since I had my phone stuck in my ear with final in

nd spoke to her assistant Beth. We rarely called each other's

r. Usually these affairs are only about sex. The person compartm

hurtful way

and tell her to stop... and unless she is not the Helene Connors I know... she... will... stop. Once she sees the hurt she's done

t, Teri. Seeing them togeth

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moment she got in the elevator with Brian Taylor, I was convinced our marriage was over. The sight of them together would be forever burned in my soul. In my methodical way, I wanted all th

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see the hurt in them... the hurt for me. I had seen that look only one time before. T

s... we'l

back her shoulder length blon

you do owe me big time. I need to know if you have

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name of the Williamson

. She nodded and wrote a number on her legal pad. Okay thanks. George, one more thi

and have the keys waiting at the desk... Harry will be by in say..." she looked at her watch. "Twenty minu

ed anoth

and Jenkins has a leased suit on eight... there should be a man and a woman there right now.

e suggested two other operatives in the firm join him. She said s

. Go

to the feds and concern about a foreign takeover of a large domestic company. I have meetings all

. I know how much she was look

to get this deal closed before

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lly had to bludgeon me to get me to say yes to this one. She said it was going to be a Bon Voyage party as well, and

e weeks away. I should have ever

my own birthday surprise for Helene

ene's not over at the Pal

as a lo

so Michael. Wha

a bit ago and he said he thought he saw Helene

her

he would be anywhere near t

ease get that messag

hael. Have

ten years in the FBI. Beth was lying.

one more stop. I called Connie Mabry, the best divorce lawyer in town and probably the who