Chapter 79 A Long Wait

• Braxton
• Days go by without a response from Thompson’s attorneys. I wait impatiently, trying to absorb myself in my work during the day and with Julia at night. The nights pass more quickly as I relish every moment I have with her. The days are long, and I do not feel as focused as I used to. I know I am distracted.
• One day, after a particularly rough meeting with some of our clients, one where I have little to say and can hardly stay focused long enough to answer their questions, Luckily, I have some talented associates in the room with me who are able to cover for me. I think I hear one of them say that I’m feeling under the weather. The clients make sympathetic faces in my direction, but they might know already what’s going on. There have been rumors in the tabloids that I’m being sued for taking one of my employee's wives. None of them have been substantiated. Yet.