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Silence fell.
Eudora said, “Hello?”
“Holy shit.Damn.I had no idea.”
“That’s what clothes are for.”
He chuckled.“I suppose that you can’t look like that during the day.”
“Nope.”
She sighed.“Can you send me a breakdown of the budget to my email?I will wait for it.”
“I can send it this evening.”
“Um, I can’t work away from the office yet.Ex got my laptop, phone, and my equipment.I have a phone that isn’t very smart until I get my next paycheque.He also froze my accounts.”
“Fuck me.I am sending a note to IT.Go now and get a laptop and extra monitors.”
“Now?”
“Now.Go!”
She jumped.“Yikes.Okay.”
She grabbed her bag and stuffed her purse into it, scanning her way into the elevator and down to IT.
* * * *
Likon looked at thephone and frowned.She didn’t have a cell phone yet.He called Nelson.“Nelson, why do you think that Eudora doesn’t have a cell phone yet?”
“Her accounts are frozen until the divorce is finalized and the writ is issued.That was part of the prenup, so we could make sure she wasn’t making off with anything extra.We are running a forensic audit.”
Likon blinked.“What is she living on?”
“Not a clue.Not my business.I protected your assets, and that was that.”Nelson chuckled.“I got hers in the process, so I am very good.”
Likon felt ice in his gut.“What?”
“It was a marriage, right?You locked your assets down; she didn’t.She’s gonna bleed.” He laughed.
Likon hung up and went to the bathroom, where he threw up part of his soul.He had crushed her.All she wanted was the respect that he said he would give her, and he fucked it up.
His phone rang, and he answered it, freezing when a chirpy voice said, “Dori, did you want to go for lunch on the weekend?I haven’t spoken to you in ages.”
“Eudora and I split up, Athena.Our divorce papers were signed two weeks ago.She moved out.”
“Why are you answering her phone?”
“Uh, I bought her phone when she moved in with me, and she had to leave behind anything I bought.It was an asset of the marriage.”Likon hated the words as they came out of his mouth.
“What the actual fuck?Did Nelson write that up?Nasty bastard.”
“He’s a friend.”
“He likes to hurt people.He gets off on it, Li.”Athena sighed, and he could imagine her rubbing her head.“He also had a thing for Eudora.”
“What?”
