Broken

Chapter 33

Chris pov...

I call back Mike and he doesn't keep me waiting and immediately tells me..."Good news." He said. I took a deep breath waiting for what was to come already feeling a sense of release just by the words, good news... "You can just go ahead and fire her. We checked over all the contracts and there is no reason why you can't fire her straight away." I let out a sigh of relief. "That is good to hear because she just showed up at my doorstep...." I sighed feeling myself get all tense just thinking about it.

"Why? Did you have an appointment?" Mike asks me... I sigh again. "Nope, I didn't pick up the phone, so she wanted to check on me." Mike was quiet for a minute. "Is that normal for you two?" He asks and i sigh... "Yeah... I mean we were friends or i thought she was my friend... I know her since i was just a kid... We hung out..." I explain and i hear Mike hum...

I took a deep breath. "Mike...She asked who the woman and kid where... i was photographed with. Meaning Sammie and Sophie. I have a bad feeling about this like she knew who they were. I can't explain it... But it is like she knew of their existence." I was now pacing up and down the room as i had an uneasy feeling about her asking about it.

"Hmmm, that is strange. You told me you had her try and find Sammie a while ago...?" Mike asked. "Yeah, but I am now pretty sure she never did try.... Now I am not so sure, but I think she found them and kept it from me. Look...like Sammie would say, it is in the past and we are in the now and have to look at the future...but something is off... Something tells me she knew i had a kid and kept it from me... I dont know what to do with this. Maybe i am getting paranoid but it feels off... I am scared... Scared for Sophie and Sammie..." I say feeling anxious... The more i thought about it the more scared i got... The fact that Kim brought them up in combination with the look in her eyes made me shiver... 

Mike was quiet for a moment. "Chris... Make an appointment with her for tomorrow. Lets get it over with... I am still in town so I want to be there so you have a witness, so she can't start saying bull shit. I will be a little earlier so we can have a conversation on how to protect Sammie and Sophie as best as we can... Maybe Sammie should be there for that..." Mike says and i let out a sigh... The last thing i want is Sammie being pulled into this physically...

"Chris... One more thing for you to think about and to discuss with Sammie... You have to think about coming out with Sophie and Sammie because she might leak it to the press and this way we can do it on your terms." I sighed feeling lost this is not the way i wanted that news to come out. "I'll discuss it with Sammie."

"Discuss what with Sammie?" I heard a voice behind me say. I turned around giving Sammie a reassuring smile. "I have to hang up Mike, I'll send you the details of the meeting." We hung up and i turned to Sammie.

"Can we sit down?"  I asked. "What is it, Chris?" Sammie looked at me worried. I tell her everything Kim had said and she listens... I can see her getting tense... "Mike thinks it is best to go public with you and Sophie because of what Kim might do after I fire her.... and that will happen tomorrow... But before that happens, he wants to talk to us both..." I said looking at Sammie for her reaction, but nothing so i continue. "I am sorry i didn't mean for it to go like this, but he wants to discuss with us both how to move forward..." I said letting out a sigh. "The fact that she asked about you and Sophie had me thinking. I think when I asked her to find you, she did find you... and didn't tell me. I think she knew about Sophie but purposefully did not tell me... I can't proof it but it was the way she asked about the woman and kid... The look in her eyes." I say holding my breath waiting for a reaction... I can see Sammie think everything over...