Chapter 51 Blood Isn't Always Thicker

• "Let me make sure I understand this correctly." Richard's voice crackled through my phone speaker. "Michael Walton, the ex-husband who cheated on you with your sister, who left you with practically nothing in the divorce, whose family dragged your name through mud... now wants to merge his multi-billion-dollar company with yours?"
• I drummed my fingers against the mahogany desk in my home office, staring out the window as rain peppered the glass. "That's the simplified version, yes."
• "And you're actually considering it?" The disbelief in my lawyer's voice couldn't have been more obvious if he'd reached through the phone and shaken me.