The laughter stopped when Derrick saw Caroline.
"Caroline? What the hell are you doing?" he rasped. "Help me! Yara's gone insane!"
She took two steps forward and swung. The rebar hit his good knee.
The joint gave with a wet c***k. Derrick collapsed, shrieking, with both legs useless.
I stepped through the main doorway with my half-empty wine glass and looked down at him.
His blood streaked the floor between us. This was the man who had gutted my company from the inside.
He saw me and immediately reached out.
"Yara! Thank God. I knew you'd come!" He dragged himself forward on his arms, leaving blood on the floor. "Help me! Caroline turned on us. I did everything to get back to you. We were engaged!"
I took a sip of my wine.
"Engaged? That was a business merger, Derrick, and you spe
