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Chapter 17: Mutual Assent

Vanessa

I press my lips together, watching Brent and the older gentlemen look at the contract and talk.

They're talking too low for me to hear.

I wring my hands, watching them. Why couldn't Isley be here with me?

Brent and the men nod and cease talking.

"Linda," Brent says into the intercom. "Get Isley in here, please."

"Do you want us to witness it?" The taller man with gray hair asks Brent.

Brent nods as he writes something on the last page of the contract. He scribbles something.

There's more silence.

The door opens.

Linda enters and stands in front of the desk. "Isley will be here in a few minutes."

Brent gives her a questioning stare. "You could have told me that over the intercom.

She stares at me.

I watch her.

Linda presses her lips together, flipping her hair over her shoulder, and says, "I didn't see you come in, Stella."

"Stella?" Brent and I say in unison.