Filed to story: The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel
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Wil sighed.
Calvin even knew why the sigh. With all that was going on, they were all going to jump to the conclusion that he was a cruel brute behind closed doors, and everything they’d seen between him and Marrin was a lie, o show for the public only.
“I could tell them, I suppose, that it was a contract marriage, and the period was up,”
Calvin mused aloud after a moment’s thought. He didn’t really want that, but that would stop the questions that he didn’t want to answer.
“Oh, yes, do that,”
Wil muttered.
“That will look great on your public profile, do wonders for the company as well.”
He shook his head.
“That stays been you and Marrin, myself… We’ll just say over the last few months of your marriage the two of you drifted apart. Or she wanted a new career, and you said no, so it tore a rift between you two.”
“Oh, so it’s my fault now that we got divorced.”
Calvin grated out angrily, and knew the moment he said those words that he shouldn’t have.
“Sorry.”
He muttered at Will’s almost incredulous look at him. Because it was actually his fault and he did actually know that.
“I do seem to be having an issue with all this right now. Like you said.”
He shook his head, because he felt so very confused right this minute.
“Oh, I know that,”
Wil muttered.
“The problem is how do we fix it.”
“Who the hell knows, Wil?”
Calvin sighed and scrubbed a hand over his face.
“Mediation with Ms Riddley, I will need to apologise, and in person. To make it sincere and show I mean it.”
“I’ll see what I can do. But you need to make an official statement here first. The police are not going to release you until you answer their questions. I advise you to be honest, that you were confused. That much I do know. Play that card, not only because it’s your best defense right now, I actually think it’s true. In more ways than one.”
“I’ll be getting charged then?”
he asked.
“Yes, though mediation could see it rescinded before it goes to court and then, if that happens, everything will blow over and go away. So yes, apologising is going to be the best option.”
He nodded and stared at Wil for a long moment.
“You really don’t think she’s Marrin.”
“I don’t. I also know she’s got a family, children of her own. There was nothing about how old they were or if they were boys or girls. She’s actually never really been in the spotlight before, and doesn’t want to be. Appears to be a bit of a recluse, and as far as I can tell, Marilyn Riddley has never resided in Houston, owned no properties here, not even back then. There’s not even a car registered in her name here in Texas. I dare say the woman has lived all her life in Virginia.”
“Right… that is not going to help my cause, throwing the spotlight on her, so to speak, when it’s som she avoids.”
Calvin huffed, he’d royally screwed this one up.
“No, likely to just make her go back to her home and be even more reclusive,”
Wil nodded.
“Apologise, be remorseful and think about compensation. You’ll, of course, have to pay for all of Lisa Steven’s medical bills, and Ms Riddley’s as well. Though from all the reports, Miss Riddley was fine.”
“I never meant to grab her hair. I was aiming for her collar. She must have ducked hand, and I got her hair instead.”
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“I can look at the footage and see if that happened,”
Wil stated.
“The compensation Calvin?”
“I don’t know, I guess half of what they are asking for. Because who known what it will be,”
he murmured.
