“Hi. It’sAlexandra.”
“Oh, hi honey. How’s Maxdoing?”
“Good, I think. He’s still sleeping a lot from the meds. Hey, I just called about that acquisition he wanted me to look at. All the power of attorney paperwork is finalized. I signed the contracts, and Dad’s end of the work is complete. I added some notes for the lawyer to check on, but it looks good overall. Whenever you get back in town, you can swing by here and pick up the originals to take to theattorney.”
“That’s great. Your father always said you were a whiz at this. I’ll arrange for acourier.”
“Perfect.”
“I can’t wait to get back there. I should be back before the week isout.”
“Great. Don’t worry, Rosa. Dad will be fine,” she told her. “Well, come back soon. We missyou.”
She hung up the phone and stared blindly at the wall, thinking about her own romantic life, or lack ofit.
“Wilkes, you jackass,” she growled. “Why did you have to turn out to be such a waste oftime?”
She sighed, rising from the chair to leave the office. She checked out the window at Sebastian’s house next door, wondering why he had stayed away this long. She missed his smile. He was so easy to talk to. It was time to pay him a visit. He said he wanted to be friends—with Alex, butwhatever.