She d-doesn’t want to help, does she?”“It’s not like that,” Matt said, “but after what happened last time she was here, she says she’s n...t jumping headfirst into anything.”“ ... I see.” Weight pulled her head down, and she let it hang in front of her a little as they walked. Maybe Jack could convince her? If anyone could, it was him, but considering all the baggage around the whole previous incident, with Avery and Jacob and Antoinette, there was a good chance Avery might be hands off. At. She saw me waving from where I was, we hugged it was a bit tight, though I wanted it to last forever, soon we sat next to each other on the sofa chair with our vodka glasses clinging cheers, we talked about various things of during college days, she laughed loud her cheeks still formed those two cute dimples when I reminded her of the jail incident, it was our third drink when I asked her.Me-what’s with your husband?Seema-He is an asshole; he is on his so-called business trip to Singapore.Seema. Like me she'd had a basically happy childhood, the only blot being her brother Mark, and that only in the last decade. At one stage I reluctantly reminded her that today was a working day, at least for her.She giggled. "Oops! It just doesn't seem like a weekday. Still, this is more important and a lot more interesting. Besides, I have nothing urgent and being the boss' daughter should have some perks."We carried on talking for what I thought to be a short time but the sound of the mail arriving. “Alright, Charles, what’re you after?” she asked, not having the patience for dancing around any further.He leaned back in his chair and smiled wolfishly. “With Lynton’s happy demise and Norwood’s desertion, we seem to have a few vacancies in the upper echelons of the Admiralty. I’m sure if John heard of my recent promotion, he’d be so pleased for his old comrade-in-arms that I’d be able to secure an even better deal with him. Of course, we’ll be busy celebrating my promotion as soon as the.