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give you a recommendation that is, if anyone actually cares about
my professional opinion anymore.
Bonnie tsk-tsked and shook her head. I m not going anywhere.
The restaurant is not going anywhere. This will boil over. Some other
professional athlete will do something dumb and everyone will move
on.
I wish I had your faith. Kelly made her way back into the office
with Bonnie trailing behind. She opened her laptop and pressed the
button to boot it up, but Bonnie closed it again.
You don t need to be spending time obsessing over this, Kel.
Come to the restaurant, get involved with all that stuff you love to do,
and you ll see. You ll feel a lot better.
I wish I could believe that, Bonnie, I really do, but did you see
the things they re saying about me? Someone called me a whore
online last night, and I m sure it s even worse now.
Who cares what they say?
I care. I can t afford not to care.
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Kelly, I m telling you, the best thing for you to do right now is to
act normal, like nothing ever happened. You can t let them beat you
or drive you away from the job you love.
Kelly looked up at her friend and coworker. I m not coming in
today. I know I asked a lot of you last night, but can you hold down
the fort while I try to process everything? A single tear escaped, and
Kelly swiped at it.
Bonnie s expression softened. Of course I will. Anything you
need, I m here for you. But I m not going to let you spend the rest of
your life beating yourself up over this.
Right now everything just feels so raw.
I know. Bonnie leaned down to pull Kelly into a warm embrace.
You know we re all here for you, and we won t judge. I ll make
damn sure of that.
Kelly sent her a watery smile. I know that, and I appreciate you
more than I can say.
Get some rest. You look tired. And call the guys. They re
undoubtedly losing their minds over this.
I can t right now. I just I need time to think.
Don t take too long. It s not healthy. And hey, I m sure you re
mad at Leo, but he reacted like he did because he loves you. That s
plain to see, it has been for a long time now, you just weren t looking
for it, so you didn t see it. But I did. Both of those guys adore you.
Don t let them get away. Most of all, don t let that asshole reporter
drive a wedge between you guys. She paused and squeezed Kelly s
shoulder. Now that I ve given my lecture, I m gonna go. I want to
hear from you every few hours or I m coming back over. And don t
think I ll let you wallow forever, either.
Thanks, Bonnie. You re a good friend and an awesome person to
work with.
Back atcha, boss.
Bonnie winked and sauntered out of the room. Kelly forced
herself to make some breakfast and then sat down to try to take her
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mind off her own situation by watching a movie. Her doorbell rang
numerous times, but she refused to answer it, knowing it was people
in the media wanting interviews and comments. Then she heard some
noise outside and peeked out of her front curtain. The crowd of media
who d been camped in front of her house were now gathered around
someone she couldn t see.
Oh God, please let that not be Leo or Scott.
Her cell phone rang and Kelly picked it up off the coffee table
where she d dropped it last night. Not many people had her cell
number, and when she looked at the display, she saw it was Bonnie.
Hey. The legal counsel for the Intimidators was here a little
while ago, according to Jeff. He told him you weren t here and the
guy said he d try you at home.
Ah, I m guessing that s who s out front, then. He s surrounded,
and I didn t recognize him.
Probably. Anyway, just wanted to let you know. On my way out
of your house, I told them they were all assholes and to leave you
alone. One of them asked me if he could put that on the record, so I
told him where he could shove his record.
Kelly barked out a laugh. You re too good to me. Better go let
the suit in before he gets eaten alive out there. She shut her phone
and approached the door, cracking it just a bit. Hey! The man saw
her and began to charge in her direction, with various members of the
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