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close it down. The building was leased, so it wasn’t an asset
that could be liquidated. The house, which was nice but not the
kind of nice that Giana was used to living in, was sold, but
there was still part of a mortgage to pay off.
In the end, Coralyn had worked her way through night
school. She now had a small apartment, and while it was
crumbling, it wasn’t in a horrible area. She’d been left with
little student loan debt since she’d worked full time when she
went to school, and the sale of their assets had paid for the
> medical bills. The most valuable asset they’d waited to sell
until last. The necklace that was now in her possession.
Giana’s office door burst open, scattering the back and forth
she’d been doing with herself since she’d sent Coralyn literally
out into the cold. The sight of her wife, pink cheeked, wearing
that same cool coat and those sturdy, ugly boots, blue eyes
glowing with determination, brought her up short.
Her secretary fluttered around behind Coralyn, so flustered
that she was equally pink cheeked. It was the second time in
less than ten minutes that she’d come into the office looking
like the hounds of hell were dogging her.
She was nervous about losing her job. About setting Giana
off, even though she didn’t lose control and go on rants. No,
she had impeccable control. Perhaps some of that delightful
pink on Coralyn’s pale skin and sharp cheekbones was from
nerves too.
“I’m sorry, Ms. Thompson. She just burst in here. Wouldn’t
take no for an answer. She said she had a standing
appointment. But you—that meeting…”
Giana stood up, not too quickly. She didn’t want it to appear
like she was in a hurry or like she was the one taking orders,
