ODDS OF LOVE : SEASON ELEVEN

Episode 175

" I'm not sure about all this, Jeremiah," Amanda Charm said as she entered his office and closed the door. She touched her chest once. It was a nervous reaction she had started doing more and more since the shooting at the courthouse back in March. Especially when she got stressed. Which she was right now. Hell. She had been stressed since her ex husband had come to her in July and first mentioned his new plan. Anyone would be stressed. Jeremiah was currently playing with fire and a very dangerous enemy.

Jeremiah Duncan had been sitting behind his desk peering at his MacBook. His desk was more cluttered than usual with case files and law books. And that picture of him and Bliss Jones laughing as they hiked at Rock Creek Park in DC. Her eyes cooled everytime she saw that picture or Bliss in person. She hated Bliss Jones , the day care queen so much. Of course it wasn't as much as she hated the other one. Dodie Angeletti , separated wife of six really awful kids , who was raising three of the worst in her new Evergreen Acres house and embarking on a side hustle type of business enterprise: running an artsy fartsy new age type magazine The Aura as editor in chief ; it was the brainchild of Volkouv Enterprises co vice president Nigel Norland and doing surprisingly well. Jeremiah wasn't really cheating because they both knew about the other one. He just couldn't make a decision which he wanted on a permanent basis. Not that she cared about all that messy shit right now.  If she wanted to know more about the soap opera relationship antics of her ex all she had to do was pick up the phone and call Faith Lane especially since Faith had taken a part time job at The Aura recently as Dodie's personal assistant. Or , as Faith had put it during a recent dinner over at  her and Joy's apartment with Amanda, Jas and Devin Lucas, her resident whipping girl whose duties included picking up dry cleaning and pleading the case of the evil triplets Franco , Marco and Salvador with Gerald at Barrington Academy where they were in seventh grade.

" Not sure about what, Mandy ? "

Amanda said," Not sure if your" let's screw Claire Lowen " scheme will work as well as you think it should. "

Jeremiah smiled faintly. " Don't talk about that here. You don't know who might be listening. "

Amanda wanted to roll her eyes. " What ? You think Claire or Ethan are bugging your office now? "

Maybe they should be, she thought to herself. After all , Jeremiah was currently going behind both the senior partners' backs and poaching not only prime clients but also several associates and a couple junior partners so he could eventually leave the firm and start his own firm in PG County. Yes. She was one of the partners that was going along with him but she was smart enough to be aware of exactly how pissed Claire would be when she found out.

" I wouldn't put it past her. If she would run Richard out of his own firm she'd do anything. Of course we might not have to worry about Ethan. " His smile grew more confident. " Stop worrying. This will work perfectly. Especially if I can get Richard on board as a name senior partner. "

Amanda shook her head. " He still can't remember much about his own life. Can he even still practice law ? And isn't he busy playing Mr. Mom while Nigel is plotting to" take over the world" one business at a time? "

Jeremiah laughed. " Even with amnesia Richard Norland is still the man at law. Besides,  he doesn't have to practice. I just want him there for his name, his clout, his everything. With Richard on board nobody can stop Duncan, Charm , Simms , Xi and Stone. Especially when we add on Norland to the letterhead. And , come on , you can't imagine he's really happy playing second fiddle to his husband and making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, can you? I mean, this is Richard we're talking about. "