Filed to story: The Lingering Kiss of Farewell Novel
“She is declining any and all offers from you, regardless of what they are. I suggest you take several steps back and leave her alone, or I will have a stalker charge issued. Thank you, though, for providing me with the evidence of your intent.”
He waved that document at him. Til file that for future reference, and if you do anything to approach my client, Il add a that stalker charge to your AVO and restraining order. You have a good night now”
Calvin watched as they all walked out of his conference room and nearly yelled in frustration at the situation. He turned his eyes on Will, who just shook his head and stated,
“I told you it wasn’t a good idea to use
Cliffside, even advised you against it.”
“What do I do now?”
he grated out.
“How am I supposed to get to Marrin if Marilyn leaves and goes back to her private life?”
“You’re not
“Wil stated simply as he stood up.
“You need to let this go, Calvin, just calm yourself and we’ll try again in the morning. Perhaps I should handle her new lawyer. He seems to be doing a full history check on you and Marrin. Likely vetting you himself as well, which will show him all those other women that look like Marrin, and what you have done to them. That he will also use against you in a court.”
Calvin had finally thought he’d found a way to get what he wanted, and yet again Marrin was going to be able to elude him. He banged out of the conference room and Into his office down the hall. Nothing about finding
Marrin was ever easy.
He picked up his phone off the desk to look into this Liam Stevens, only to see there were several messages there waiting for him from Casey Jonston. He’d left his phone in here as requested as well as so he wouldn’t be distracted and appear rude to Marilyn’s lawyers, and was about to access them when the phone rang.
He answered it, though from all the missed calls logged, six of them he knew something was wrong at the hospital.
“Casey?”
he asked.
“Calvin, Marilyn Riddley has been discharged and left the hospital, with a full escort. A woman came claiming to be her lawyer and brought transfer papers for another hospital. She’s got another doctor to sign off on the transfer. Marilyn stated that Mrs Stevens was her lawyer. I couldn’t stop it from happening”
“When the hell did this happen?”
he practically snarled down the line. She had to be related to Lisa, Liam and
Hamilton with a last name like that.
“Two hours ago,”
Casey told him simply.
“I tried to call you while it was happening, but you didn’t pick up.”
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Gone from him again
Marilyn
She’d looked at the woman and three people with her, strolling into the VIP room she was recovering in.. They’d arrived just fifteen minutes after Liam, Hamilton and Lisa had left to go to that meeting with Mr Reeves and his lawyer, William.
The woman introduced herself as Bridie, Liam’s wife. He’d not come here alone, but had brought his wife because she was the one that handled domestic violence, stalkers and assault??ike situations. He was all about criminal law, and that was apparently why Liam was now handling Mr Reeves.
With all that had gone on over the past week, Liam had, had Bridie and her team look into Calvin Reeves, vetted him, she’d been told, because billionaires were difficult to deal with at the best of times.
They’d also looked into the man’s ex-wife as well as Marilyn herself now, seeing that she had no memories of Calvin Reeves at all. There were connecting facts that were there for all to see if one delved into her and his life properly. Liam had already told her; that she was likely to be his ex??ife, and her boys were also going to be his.
There was no actual evidence of domestic violence within Calvin and Marrin’s marriage, but they did appear to be the perfect couple all the time. That for his wife, who dealt with family law, when seeing this, just how perfect things were. It was considered to be too perfect; that something in those marriages were usually off.
No one ever saw Calvin or Marrin behind closed doors, where anything could have happened. They’d also found out that Calvin had lived here in the city while Marrin had lived outside the city an hour away at all times. So it didn’t look like their perfect marriage was in fact perfect at all, but more like the majority of the marriage was hidden from those around them.
The couple were only ever seen at big events, and not as just an everyday couple out and about shopping, or having dinner or lunch. Just business functions and charity galas only. Liam also thought the man’s behaviour was more than irrational, seeing as they were divorced. Seen to be by him and his wife as obsessive.
Neither one of them thought that it was going to stop either, and the meeting he was going to tonight, that he had agreed to, was to see if Calvin Reeves was actually earnest in his intentions or not. Not to agree to any terms. She’d stated she just wanted to drop everything and get away from Calvin Reeves. She didn’t care what his intent now was. She didn’t want a man like that in her life, certainly not in the lives of her boys. It was clear to her that he was violent and unpredictable, had anger issues and didn’t like his ex??ife.
Liam had nodded
“Bridie has her own theory, as do I. We’re going with you’re his ex??ife, and this, his behaviour now, is why you left him. So, with all of that out for us and not him yet, we don’t think. My wife will come and collect you and the children, have you discharged from the hospital and take you back to Virginia while Hamilton, Lisa and I are at tonight’s meeting.
“Everyone is aware of what the plan is, and we’ve already set in motion everything that is needed to get you and the children out of the state safely. Lisa states you’re claustrophobic and can’t get on a plane, so we’re going by road.
“Lisa is going to put in her two cents’ worth every now and then and be difficult during the meeting, and I’ve asked that all phones be left out of the room on his part, so there will be no distractions. Effectively cutting
Gone from him again off anyone here in the hospital from calling him and letting him know you’ve been discharged. He socialises with the hospital director and likely many of the heads of the department.
“This is how we believe he knows about your condition, without coming to Hamilton to ask about it, he’s got people here on the inside watching you. Likely keeping his control over you even though currently he’s not allowed near you.”
