Sophie made dozens of calls this week alone. Once only looking within New York, she began increasing her scope to other states as well. Lyla and the other employees were busy packing and sending compensation. Before they realized, it was lunch. Gregory held his promise. Just before the clock struck twelve, his e-mail arrived on Sophie’s inbox. She skim-read through a few, and when she found things to be satisfactory, she forwarded it to Lawrence. Her mood suddenly improved—Gregory had gone above and beyond. He had claimed to not know the content of Adrian’s meeting to sabotage her, but it was there regardless. Lawrence swiftly texted back with the suggestion of registering Adrian’s business disruption attempt as another lawsuit. That way they had records of it to further support the divo

