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“She is on her way to the hospital. Someone drugged her and locked her in the basement of her own house.”
“What?” I looked at Laila for confirmation.
“Yeah, the paramedics said she was close to overdosing. Her vitals are low, but they believe she will make it,” Laila confirmed.
“Baby, all my money to run my business is gone. I can’t make payroll, pay for utilities or even pay rent. All the accounts are negative. If someone finds out that the money in the escrow accounts is missing, that’s grounds for disbarment.”
I sat down next to her on the couch. I pulled her close to me while I formulated a plan to at least patch things up until we could get to the bottom of things.
“Laila, can you call Paxton Bluette? I will need to speak with him and his wife, Olivia.”
“Sure thing.”
She took out her phone and hit a button which dialed the number.
“I have them on speed dial. Faster access to my god babies,” Laila explained.
“Hello?” A male voice spoke.
“DT!” Laila said. “I have you on speaker so don’t be stupid. I am here with Samuel and his wi…fiancé Averie. Is Olivia around? Samuel needs to speak with both of you.”
“Ollie! Can you come here for a minute? We have a call,” Paxton called out.
A few minutes later Olivia said, “Hi Samuel, I am here. Hi Averie!”
“Hi, Ollie. How are those beautiful babies?” Averie returned.
“Busy! Thanks for asking,” Olivia answered.
I explained the whole situation to the Bluettes. I knew that Paxton was a talented accountant because he’d been handling the investment group financials for me. He bragged that his wife could run circles around him in accounting, so I felt it was important for both of them to hear the situation.
“Count actually talked to me about looking at some of the paperwork from this Freda woman, but we never followed up,” Paxton said.
“I will get you all the paperwork and access that you need to find out exactly what happened at her firm. In the meantime, we need solutions to fix Averie’s financial problem.”
“Are we the only ones on this call?” Paxton asked.
“It’s just us, Pax,” Laila confirmed.
“Take me off speaker and give the phone to Samuel.”
Laila handed me the phone.
“Look, there is a way to make the money look like it’s there until we come up with some solutions to get it there. I will have one of our old team members put the escrow money back in the account, but not really. Ollie and I will brainstorm and give you some options in the morning. Tell Averie we got it handled.”
“Alright, Pax. I will speak with you in the morning,” I said and disconnected the call.
“What did he say?” Averie asked as soon I handed the phone back to Laila.
“He said they would look at some solutions and get back to me tomorrow. They will come up with something. I know it’s easier said than done but try not to worry. I don’t want my son born with a receding hairline.”
“Samuel…” she pouted.
“I’m serious, baby. It will be handled.”
“I guess I will have to call the family and let them know that we can’t make the New York trip. I have too much going on here.”
“Oh no, you don’t. We are going to leave so you can pack. You are going on that trip. I will handle this for you, I promise.”
