James Days had passed since I had been in New York, and with the contract finalized with Chad's father and himself, I had nothing else to worry about. The moment I could tell Tally she had nothing to worry about, I saw a light of happiness in her eyes I hadn't seen in quite some time. Things were looking up, and even Sergie's men had backed off on what they were trying to do… for the moment, anyway. With everything on the bright side, I contemplated the idea of whether it would be safe to convince Becca to come down here. Take her internship with my company maybe… come spend time with me. Anything to get her to forgive me, and let me show her how much I cared. I loved her more than anything, and it took going through all of this to realize what I was losing because of my selfishness. I