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it.”
    Chantal hugged Michelle one last time. “I will, and thanks for everything.”
    Michelle stood in the parking lot and watched as Chantal’s car disappeared from her sight. “Lord, I thank you for Chantal’s miracle, but what am I gonna do without my secretary?”
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    â€œHey, sis,” Michelle greeted.
    Amaryllis was lying on the sofa watching her favorite channel when Michelle walked in the front door with more paperwork than she could carry.
    â€œWhat’s all that?” Amaryllis asked.
    â€œMy secretary took a sudden leave of absence today and this is all the stuff she left behind. I’ve gotta be in court in the morning and I need to type a brief before then.”
    â€œCan you type?”
    Michelle set the paperwork on the cocktail table, plopped down on the sofa next to Amaryllis and exhaled. “Not a lick. I’m probably at fifteen words a minute.”
    Amaryllis laughed at her. “Michelle, fifteen words a minute isn’t typing, that’s pecking. Let me see what you got.”
    That was the first time Amaryllis had laughed since she’d been in Las Vegas. Michelle noticed her stitches in the corner of her mouth were absent. “Hey, you can laugh. I forgot you were going to get your stitches removed today. Please tell me that you decided not to call a taxi and let Daddy take you to the doctor I had recommended.”
    â€œYes. I relented and allowed him to play his role. But I can tell that Daddy doesn’t like me. He didn’t say two words to me the entire time on the way to the doctor’s office or on the way home. He didn’t even ask how my visit went. I wish you hadn’t made me go to dinner with you two Monday evening. He ignored me the whole time. If it weren’t for you carrying the entire conversation and forcing him to acknowledge me from time to time, Daddy would’ve treated me as though I was invisible.”
    Michelle was well aware that Amaryllis had been a thorn in their father’s side ever since she could utter her first words. Like oil and water, the two of them just didn’t mix.
    â€œYou know, Amaryllis, I don’t know what to say about you and Daddy. You’re both behaving like children. Why won’t you be the bigger person and address the issues the two of you have?”
    As far as Amaryllis was concerned, Nicholas was the father and he should be the one to approach her if there was to be a reconciliation. She ignored Michelle’s question and focused on the large amount of paperwork her sister dumped on her lap. “All of this has to be typed for court tomorrow?”
    Michelle let out a loud sigh. “All of that.”
    â€œI’ll do it for you. It should take me no longer than two hours.”
    â€œAmaryllis, there’s no way you can do that in two hours.”
    â€œCorrection, there’s no way you can do it in two hours. I’m on a leave of absence as an administrative assistant for a law firm in Chicago.”
    â€œOh, my goodness. I completely forgot about that. But do you feel up to it? You’ve only been here a few days. How’s your shoulder?”
    â€œIt’s getting better and better every day. It’s been a month since the incident and now, I’ve gotten rid of my cast and cane. Except for an occasional ache, my shoulder is fine.”
    â€œAmaryllis, if you can get this done for me, I’ll love you forever.”
    â€œYou’ve got to do that anyway.”
    â€œI’ll love you forever and a day, how about that?”
    â€œI like that better.”
    Amaryllis emerged from Michelle’s home office one hour and twenty minutes later. Michelle was lying on the couch half asleep when Amaryllis placed the brief on her lap. She sat up and looked at it, then looked at her sister. “What’s this?”
    â€œYour brief.”
    â€œYou’re done?” Michelle asked scanning the typed pages in