Charlie sat in his office, staring at the file that Amy had handed to him a few days earlier. He'd battled with the idea of opening it. Internally he resisted learning anything that could harm Viviana, but he was curious. And Amy was right, he wanted to get Viviana away from her ex. It was a greedy and selfish thought, the type he had never really felt before but he couldn't contain it.
Anyone who knew Charlie and saw him now would not believe he had come to this. He saw in his overly crowded office, papers scattered around the room, his shirt wrinkled, his tie loose and his hair tousled. He was a mess- most nights he was awake staring out the window, thinking angrily that he'd somehow let her slip through his fingers.
This was becoming a dangerous obsession and the only way he knew ho
