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with
anything?”
                “We will by Monday.”
                “Good. We’ll schedule a meeting in
this board room for everyone at ten-thirty Monday morning.” He waved his arm.
“So, what do you think of this set-up?”
                Surrounding a comfortable coffee
meeting area were three offices and a boardroom with an oblong oak table.
Serena was pleased to see all the offices had their own connecting clothes
closets and washrooms. She wasn’t giving up those privileges. “It looks good.”
                “She says cautiously,” Don said.
“Realizing she has to give in to Don’s bright idea that they needed more office
space.”
                She grinned at him. He was one of the
most maddening yet easy to get along with men she’d ever met.
                Still, it was annoying she had to
move. It was as if she were giving up everything to Juliette, including her
afternoon news stardom. The new show was a gamble. It could be dead at the end
of this season. And it might have been with John. But with Nick there was a
chance for a second run, and John could ride on Nick’s coat-tails for that
season. After that? Well, that was two years down the
road. She couldn’t worry about the future when the present was looming in on
her.
                Serena returned to the fifth floor.
By now Juliette had boxes covering the carpet.
                Juliette straightened for a moment,
hands rubbing her silken thighs. “Some are empty for you to use. Maybe you
could unload your desk first, so I can get sorted out. Pat McHaney is doing the news today to allow me time to do this.”
                Serena agreed to clean out her desk,
even if she did feel as if she’d been tossed into a life of mayhem. When she
was ready, she commandeered Rick to carry a couple of boxes. Paul was alone in
the suite when she got there.
                He jumped up from a sofa, agile for
such a big man. “Do you need help?”
                “It’s not one of your duties.”
                He grinned. “I’m not sure it should
be one of yours either. But, hey, I can’t stand all this sitting around. Tell
me where you want everything and I’ll oblige.”
                Even with Paul’s help, for which she
was grateful, when it came to reassembling some shelves, it took all afternoon
to move upstairs. She had the front desk call out for pizza at six. As they ate
she chatted to Paul about the direction of the new show. On the surface he
seemed full of enthusiasm and raring to go, but she sensed a little hesitancy
when it came to Nick.
                “You’ve known Nick a while, haven’t
you?” she said as they packed the pizza box into the wastepaper basket.
                “We met once. Are you getting along
with him?”
                Serena smiled at him. “Shouldn’t I?”
                “Sure you should. But beware of
him.” Paul’s expression turned grim for the first time today. “My sister, Lise is a journalist. She fell for him like a ton of bricks
a few years back. When he dumped her she took it hard.”
                This seemed to confirm Juliette’s
comment about Nick’s reputation with women. “Well, if that’s a warning,
consider me asbestos hide. I’m not in the market for any man like Nick.”
                “Neither was Lise .
But Nick got to her.”
                “That’s unfortunate.” Serena saw
that Paul was still looking agitated. “It won’t make any difference to you
working with Nick, will it?” The last thing she felt she needed was added
tension in her life.
                “Other than I’d like to smash his
face in for hurting my sister.”
                “Paul, I didn’t think you were the
violent type.”
                “I’m not usually, but Lise is my