Chapter 23
Reliving the past
I signed as I glanced as the reply I sent to Royce again. It was a mistake, one I didn't know about until the hours were now closed by. I had just seen the invite and accepted without even checking the venue. The length of my office became too small for me to pace as I walked around it. Why exactly did I accept when I had no strategy to deal with it. Why invite me to the house out of all places, why didn't they let us do it outside?
I paged Christian on my smart watch. Within minutes, he arrived and knocked on my door. He walked right in after I told him to.
“Christian,” I said in my distressed tone and showed him my phone.
“A dinner with the Robbens? That's a great one isn't it? Why do you sound so tense? You don't want to go?” He asked.
“You didn't chec
