NICOLE Some weeks pass and I'm working steadily. Roman has expressed his interest in having me work for him as a secretary the same way I did for Sebastian, but with his situation with this wife or ex-wife unresolved, I'd rather not go anywhere near that building. He assures me that he's about to take Garith Lowett down, even though I'm not too sure about what he means, and I believe him. He's optimistic and it's contagious. Though he refrains from talking about it, I can feel that whatever he's planning will happen soon. It excites me, in a sense, because I can't wait to stop looking over my shoulder all the time. I'm always waiting for something bad to happen and that's no way to live. I get into work and the first customer I see is Caius—the biker. He and I have gotten a lit

