“I don’t need you to come to Colorado. Robert has not been well for some time.” He paused and looked around the living room, not wanting to discuss this with her. “I’m fine. Actually, I’ll be in town tomorrow evening.” He respected Juliette and didn’t want to tell her over the phone that their relationship was over. “I’ll be in the office on Tuesday afternoon. We can talk then.”
Juliette had other plans but conceded to meet him at the firm. She hung up the phone, glanced at her watch, and decided what she needed to do. There were three phone calls to make, then she could pack up her files and leave for the day. The work that had to be done on the case she could do at home that evening, but what she wanted to buy was at a*****e that closed in two hours. A ten-minute conversation and two me
