Ellis
“Come in.” I call out refusing to leave my chair. It’s my grandfather. He’s coming to iron out the last details of the contract. I had sent Laurel to Henry’s office, so he won’t see her at all. She had agreed to come with me each weekend though she protested at intruding. I had laughed at that. “You can’t intrude on something I don’t want to be a part of. And I will be working somehow, some way.”
He steps in looking annoyed. “Your assistant not working today, Ellis?”
“She went to pick up my dry cleaning.” He tilts his head assessing me. I need to minimize her importance to me with him.
“You said you had amendments you want to the contract.” I nod and pass a folder to him. Time to work my magic and bait Grantham Beaumont into where I want him.
“They are fairly straightforward. T
