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“Convince me.” Jeremy offered his hand. “Read my future.”
“No thanks.”
Jeremy cocked his head to the side. The glint in his eyes had turned dangerous. “Oh? Did you see something the other day?”
Charlotte racked her brain for a second, looking for the best excuse to get her out of this situation. If she told him she didn’t see anything, she bet he wouldn’t believe her. Jeremy was too smart for a grade-school fib.
“Well?”
“I’m not sure I should tell you this,” she began.
Jeremy looked even more interested. “What did you see?”
“You and your girlfriend aren’t going to last long. Sorry.”
He quieted, digesting the information. “That’s what you saw? You sure it wasn’t something else?”
“You’re going to meet someone new and you’re going to cheat on her. The breakup won’t be amiable.” Charlotte hoped he’d bought her lies. “Can I get out now? Daniel is waiting for me downstairs.”
He watched her for a few seconds before he hit the green button on the elevator. The car lurched downwards.
She couldn’t have been more relieved when the door slid open. She hurried out to find Daniel. She felt like she’d just escaped a lion’s mouth.
As the weekend drew closer, Charlotte felt relieved that Daniel’s meeting would be over the next day. That meant she wouldn’t have to face Jeremy any more. She was restless about the vision she saw. Jeremy planned to do something to Daniel.
She couldn’t trust her vision one hundred percent, because she wasn’t sure if it would come true. The vision she saw about her and Daniel hadn’t exactly panned out completely. What if she was wrong? If she told Daniel and it turned out to be a false premonition, she wouldn’t be able to face him again.
As the morning shifted to noon, Charlotte decided to take a walk to clear her head. She trudged into a nearby park. For some reason, she couldn’t get rid of the bad feeling that had plagued her since morning.
She was in deep thought when she heard a screech of brakes. By the time she paid attention, she only saw the windshield of a car.
Everything went black.
The sales director had just begun his presentation when Daniel’s executive assistant informed him that he had an urgent call from Anika. Daniel frowned. His sister knew he didn’t like being interrupted while he conducted his business. For her to interrupt him like this, it had to be important.
Daniel took the phone from his assistant and said, “Please hold.” He stood up and said to everybody, “Excuse me, gentlemen. I have an urgent phone call to attend to. In the meantime, Mr. Bennet will act as my stand in.”
There was murmuring as Daniel left the conference room. Once outside, he took the call. “Daniel speaking.”
“Danny, thank God, finally! I’m at Harborview Hospital right now. You have to come. Charlotte’s had an accident, and she’s in the surgery.”
“Slow down, sis. I’m not quite following you. Charlotte is supposed to be at the hotel. Tell me from the beginning.”
“Charlotte and I were supposed to have lunch today. I came to the hotel a little after eleven. When I rang to the room, nobody answered, so I waited in the lobby. But then the hotel manager came to say that there had been an accident. Charlotte got hit by a car in the park. I rushed here with the detective from SPD.”
Daniel’s heart stopped beating for a second. He felt as if he’d swallowed lead, and he was unable to find his voice as his brain registered the news. “Charlotte had an accident? She’s in surgery?”
“Yes. You have to come! Now! Harborview Hospital. Come quick!”
“I’ll be there.” Daniel disconnected.
His assistant was loitering a few feet from the conference room, looking anxious. She broke into a sprint when Daniel called to her. He gave her the phone. “There’s been an emergency in the family, and I will be indisposed for a while. Let Vice President Bennet know that I want him to act on my behalf in negotiating the Miramax contract.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Have Prescott bring the car around the front.”
“Yes, sir.”
