Chapter 3 Questions and Answers

Sitting at her desk, Cara was having a tough time concentrating. Twice she had to redo the garden design that she was working on. Time for a break. Cara checked in with her employees, then went over to the local bakery instead of Starbucks for some tea, coffee, and pastries. Returning to Obsidian Landscaping she noticed a car sitting outside. It didn’t look familiar, so she assumed it was a potential client coming in for an estimate or advice. Walking in she found out different. Nina, her receptionist, and best friend was as white as a sheet, but with a murderous look on her face. “Are you ok?” Cara asked. Nina shook her head no and nodded in the direction of the small conference room on the right side of the lobby. “They just pushed their way in and then went into the conference room. When I tried to stop them, That blond bitch told me to shut up and sit down.”. Nina said. All the men were in there along with other men and a woman Cara had met with a few weeks earlier. Cara started for the door when she was abruptly pulled back. She spun around and looked into Axels' face who motioned for her to keep quiet. He pulled her into her office. “What the hell is going on? Those are my employees in there as well as a potential client... Not that I'm not happy to see you, but why are you here? “She is a client.” He spoke in hushed tones. “She wants to buy your company. It's one of the best landscape companies in New Orleans...” “And just how do you know all that?” Cara asked. Axel drew himself up. This wasn’t going to be easy, and he needed time to figure out how he was going to work it all out. “I’m a corporate attorney. She came to me before I met you and asked me to look into possibly buying it. So of course, I did my research.” Cara’s whiskey-colored eyes turned into blazing flames. “You have got to be fucking kidding me!” she shouted as she left her office and headed to the conference room, with Axel close behind. Yanking the conference room door open she stepped into the room. “Get the hell out of here.” She said as quietly and calmly as she could manage. “This is my company, I built it from the ground up, you aren't taking it in any way shape, or form!” I SAID MOVE!... Her employees couldn’t get out of the small conference room fast enough. Dana Stewart slowly stood. She was tall and even taller in heels. Sauntering around the conference table straightening her tight pencil skirt and adjusting her off the shoulder top Dana slithered over to Axel and slipped her arm around his waist; she was almost as tall as he was. He moved away from her as quickly as he could but not quick enough. “You both can leave now. And you,” she said to Axel. “You don’t ever talk to me again.” Dana smiled a cat with a fresh bowl of cream smile and swiveled her hips a little too much as she walked out in front of Axel. Axel stopped after Dana stepped through the front door. He turned to look at Cara. She slowly shook her head with narrowed eyes. He mouthed the words “I'm sorry” to which her response was not exactly the Vulcan salute, considering she only used one finger. He rumbled his call to her, and she stepped back. She felt dizzy and a bit disoriented. When she looked up again, he was gone.