“She told me Mum had tricked her into falsifying the accounts of the company’s they worked for she left and after discovering what she’d done......”Although aware her story was pretty much the same as Dan Dixon had earlier told him, with his newly found aggressive attitude, Trevor wasn’t about to either apologise to Claire or indeed to leave her with the last word and was moments later moving menacingly toward Claire... It was another thirty minutes before the Kevin finally escorted Claire’s. The boys going out to reassert their masculinity or something! Well we’ll soon quell that particular rebellion!”“When are we seeing Lady Mathom today Becky?”“There was a message on my computer. The Lady didn’t come home last night but she’s asked if we could join her this afternoon at around half past four for tea. Is that alright for you?”“Oh right Becky! Like I’m gonna say “Sorry that’s inconvenient” to ‘Er Ladyship? She’s t’ boss around ‘ere an’, if she says frog, we jump!”“Spoken like a. Though it took little time for her to recognise who the stranger was, even though he looked far different from the last time she’d seen him. ‘Hi there, Lincoln,’ she waved a desultory hand at him. ‘Long time no see.’ ‘Hi there, Shanice,’ replied Lincoln who came out of the kitchen when Monique in his arms. ‘You’re still a fine-looking lady all this time.’ Shanice managed a weak type of laughter. ‘I wish.’ She plopped herself on a couch and lowered her face into her hands, sniffling. ‘Shanice,. When she looked up, I handed her the card. Another woman, whose desk ID said Barbara Kennedy, came over to look.Barbara Johnson cleared her throat. "When did he give you this?"I said, "It was in my pay envelope last Friday."Ms. Kennedy said, "Pay envelope? What is your job here?" I was a contract hire: Art Director for the auction."Ms. Johnson asked, "So you worked for Justin?" Well, technically, Justin reported to me. Christine said I should bring the card straight here." Ms. Kennedy was.