Stolen Innocents (The Shadow Series Book 2) Read Free Page B

going to expose him for the sorry sucker that he is,” said Angie matter-of-factly.
     
    “Are you going to make a scene?” asked Howard warily.
     
    “I most certainly am… I need your paper shredder,” said Angie with her exit strategy already mapped out in her head.
     
    “I knew I could count on you for some early morning entertainment. You know where it is.”
     
    Angie rolled out Howard’s gigantic paper shredder from behind his cubicle and plugged it into the wall socket at her desk. While the beast of a machine warmed up, Angie began loading up her file boxes with all her belongings. She packed up pictures of Jeremy, a snapshot of their beloved cat Nan, a picture of her sisters as children, her radio, and several pairs of shoes from her desk. Finally, both boxes were full, and Felix had just strolled out of his office to check on her progress. Felix primped in the glass window, adjusting his silk tie and flattening it against his maroon shirt. Finally, he turned to face his workforce as he put both hands on his hips.
     
    “Almost ready?” Felix said to Angie as she sat rifling through papers on her desk.
     
    “Just about. I’m grabbing the deposition.”
     
    “Security will be here in about two minutes,” Felix warned.
     
    “Duly noted,” Angie said nonchalantly as she continued to flick through papers at her desk. She was calm on the outside, but a maelstrom was brewing just under the surface. Suddenly, Swanson had returned with a smug smile cemented on his face.
     
    “What are you smiling about?!” Angie demanded to know. She was highly irritated at his gloating.
     
    “Oh, just excited to get started. I just called Mother to tell her I am lead on an important case. The parents are going to take me to dinner tonight at Le Roux. Mother wants to have the mussels.”
     
    Under Angie’s breath she commented, “I hope you and your mummy choke on your mussels.”
     
    Howard nearly choked on his croissant after hearing Angie’s comment.
     
    “That was not nice…” Howard said to Angie.
     
    “No. I guess it wasn’t. He loves crawling under my skin!”
     
    “So Macklon… Did you find that deposition yet? I’m eager to get started,” said Swanson excitedly.
     
    Angie rolled her eyes as she continued looking through the paperwork.
     
    “Just one minute, sir. Right away, sir… Seriously, dude? Weren’t you someone’s intern last year? Get off your high horse!”
     
    Finally, Angie opened up her messenger bag and retrieved the Thire deposition from a manila file folder.
     
    “Ah, here it is!” said Angie holding up the document for Swanson to see. He tried reaching out for the document, but Angie snatched it back.
     
    “Not so fast, Swanson! This is a very important document. We wouldn’t want something to happen to it, would we?”
     
    Swanson shook his head from left to right as he eyed the document nervously.
     
    “The thing that you have to understand about this particular client is that they are a Fortune 500 company. They are very high profile and they make beaucoup bucks every year. If something were to happen to this document, Felix would probably jump out of his office window.”
     
    “Why would something happen to the document? It’s safe in your hands. So pass it over and nothing will happen.”
     
    “Oh, I don’t think so…”
     
    “What’s going on out here?!”
     
    “I was simply explaining to young Swanson here the importance of this document. If something were to ever happen to this document, you would probably throw yourself out of your office window in despair.”
     
    “Don’t play games, Macklon…”
     
    “You know, Felix… I knew you’d pull something like this when I turned you down for drinks the other night. I wonder what your wife would think about that.”
     
    “Macklon! I’m dead serious!”
     
    Angie picked up her cell phone and grinned deviously. In her other hand she held the Thire deposition by the upper right corner