He spent the next hour working with Susanne regarding his schedule and gathering the few personal items that decorated his office. Susanne had already put in extra hours the past few days in his absence. His attention was divided between settling his affairs at the firm, receiving well wishes from his colleagues, and wanting to be alone with Sam. It was getting late, and he didn’t want to keep Susanne any longer. “I’ll send the rest of the notes regarding these cases and clients to you in an e-mail. Anything that we need to finish, we’ll take care of before Thursday night,” he said. She stood, taking her tablet with all her notes on it with her towards the door, but then she stopped and turned back to look at Cole. “It’s been a real pleasure working with you, Cole Branson. I think you’v

