PART IX
Lisa was roused by the jarring sound of her cellular phone ringing like crazy. She heard someone beside her groan and turn in their sleep. She herself groaned and blindly grasped for the annoying thing on her bedside table.
“Turn it offfff...” she heard Jillian mumble.
Finally, she grasped it and put it on her ear.
“Hello... This is Lisa Anderson-Hallin,” she croaked out huskily.
“Dr. Hallin. This is Theodore Connor,” a deep voice with a British accent greeted her. “I called to remind you that you have a meeting at one with the prospect investor for the Planet Green project.”
“And you woke me up just to tell me that? Theodore, I haven’t slept in two days,” she complained and she heard Jillian giggle beside her, now fully awake as well.
“Miss Lisa, I don’t mean to be rude,
