TWENTY-EIGHT
Sophia walked back in her office and slammed the door. She picked up the phone and called her secretary. “Miriam, please hold my calls.”
“Mr. Donaldson dropped by while you were out. He never said exactly what he wanted.”
“Thanks, Miriam,” Sophia said then hung up the phone. She wondered what Donaldson wanted. He was one of the senior partners in the firm and had never been by to see her before. They did not have that casual type of relationship. Everything was done strictly business so his casual visit was a cause for concern. Sophia thought about this as she dialed his extension. “Mr. Donaldson.”
“Ms. Sullivan, I stopped by to inform you of your client, Robert Morgan’s, demise. I was about to call again. You saved me that trip,” he chirped as if announcing the winner of a bet.
“Well, thank you for letting me know,” Sophia started then quickly asked, “How did you learn of this?”
“Connections. It’ll be all over the media soon.”
“It’s already all over the media.”
“As senior partner, that’s my concern. How did you spend your weekend? Probably had a real good one, eh? The media has been reporting the incident since Friday night. Is everything alright with your fiancé?” He asked. The question hit Sophia so hard that she stopped moving. There was a pause before she spoke.
“I’m trying to get to the bottom of that,” she said as her cell phone rang. “Thanks for your concern, Mr. Donaldson,” Sophia said and hung up the phone then answered her cell. “Hello, Eric,” she said as she stood up. “We need to talk.”
“Yeah, that’s why I’m calling. I realize that we’ve been…”
“Eric, I’m really busy right now but I need to see you around eight. Is that alright?”
“Yes, I’ll take you and Dee…”
“No, Eric, just me and you. Please, honey.”
“Okay, babe, that’s not a problem.”
Eric hung up the phone with a feeling of triumph. Maybe getting away from Sophia and everything else had been a good thing overall, he thought. He had not really expected Sophia to be so cool but it seemed she had calmed down a lot. That was surprising since she really went off on Friday night consumed by her assumptions. Sophia had not given him any real choice but to take the time off. I’m gonna make it all better later tonight, Eric thought entering the recording studio.