Page 29 of Nothing to No One

“I know that but—”

“Our friends, and their proffered opportunities, the ones we’d ideally like you to choose, are associated with WMC’s leading competitor: CollCom.”

“Why would Roman sign up with his friends’ competition?”

Both Struan and Mieux laughed. “They’re not Roman’s friends.” Did he have any of those? “My friends, Tripp’s friends.”

“She could do the Stream Queen.”

“Yeah,” Struan said, returning to the tablet. “Might not officially be CollCom, but everyone knows, personally… He’s marrying her best friend.”

“Married already, depending who you ask.”

“Stream Queen?” she asked.

“Lomond’s Delight,” Mieux explained. “Roxie Kyst.”

“I… Wait, I…”

“She’ll do us the favor?”

Mieux gestured at the tablet. “You see it yourself.”

“They still in LA?”

“Last part of the documentary airs this week.”

“Then it’s back to New York?”

All of this talk, their back and forth, all of the… How was one person expected to absorb so much so fast?

“I need a cab,” she said, retreating from the island.

“A cab?”

“I don’t have a phone or any numbers, if someone could—”

“Your car’s waiting in the driveway.” Mieux gathered her things. “Standard Brooker treatment.” Yeah, for other people. “And your phone is waiting in it.”

And that shook some of the shock off. “My phone? How did you get—”

“Other things have been taken upstairs to your bedroom.”

“You went into my apartment? You went through my things?”

“Not Mieux.” Struan’s hand landed on her shoulder. “That’ll be Magnus. Can you give us a minute, U?”

“Sure. I’ll wait in the car.”

After the brunette left, Struan turned her to face him. “Don’t sign anything today, okay? A lawyer friend owes me a favor.”

“A friend?”

“Javier Perez, his name doesn’t matter, anything you get, forward it to me and I’ll put it in front of him. Even if it’s not his area, he’ll know someone.”

“I can’t forward anything to you, I don’t have your number or email.”

“Right.” Digging his phone from his pocket, he unlocked it and handed it to her. “Put your number in there, your email, I’ll send my details.”

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