“You wanted to see me?” I looked up, feeling absolutely no sense of surprise when I took notice of Isabelle. I had to admit that it felt strange for me to see her again, strange for me to be looking at her. There had been a part of me that had believed that there was a possibility that she wouldn’t come, that she had simply said that she would be here, and then she wouldn’t be, but as it turns out, she was a woman of her word. It was either that, or she was here because it involved money. I couldn’t be to sure of what the motivation was yet, because as I was all too ready to admit, I didn’t really know her all that well. I had hired her based on her references from everyone else. “I did indeed.” My eyes found their way to the clock on the wall, and I couldn’t help b

