ODDS OF LOVE SEASON TWELVE

Episode 48

" Mr. Malden , I am so sorry for your loss," Jeremiah Duncan said as he spoke on the phone while arranging his office at the firm exactly the way he wanted it. " I can't believe everything that went down the past few days."

Reese Malden said hoarsely as though he was in the middle of crying," Thank you, Mr. Duncan. Please call me Reese. I was just calling you to...... I want to..... " He stopped speaking abruptly and suddenly another voice was on the phone. A very familiar gravelly sounding one. One that nobody could not know. Rebel.

Rebel pronounced," Reese is a little emotional right now. Understandable. I think he should wait but..... Mr. Duncan, he wants to enlist your services as an attorney. "

Jeremiah widened his eyes as he hung up his diplomas from Princeton and Yale Law on the wall. Having Reese Malden as a client would be incredible. Beyond incredible. As Judith would say " high profit margin".

" That can be arranged. May I ask what he wishes to have me and the firm Duncan and Associates work on ? Also please call me Jeremiah. Mr. Duncan is my Dad. "

Rebel was telling Reece to go to his bedroom and rest. Then he came back on the line to briskly say ," We usually do Norland , Stone and Lowen but apparently they don't exist anymore. Even Lowen and Stone don't exist anymore. We've heard good things about you. And Amanda Charm. Of course Ethan Stone. I've met him at a few cocktail parties. I'm sorry. I don't mean to babble. Dom claims I babble when I'm nervous or stressed. "

" It's perfectly fine," he assured as he set pictures of his sister and her three kids on his desk along with one of Bliss. " Take your time. It's been a rough time lately. "

Rebel laughed deeply. " Tell me about it. Anyway I think Reese should wait but he won't. He's upset. He wants someone to pay for what happened to Eric. And the killer is dead thanks to the teacher. "

He heard the sound of glasses clinking in the background. " Sorry. I'm fixing Reese a little drink. Okay. A big drink. I don't drink or do other things anymore myself but I don't mind if others drink. He needs it. Let me just get this done with. I don't know why I feel nervous. Reese wants to.... He heard about how the killer's mental health issues were hidden away by his uncle Nicholas Volkouv. He wants to sue him. Not for money mind you. For principle. His nephew would never have killed Eric or hurt anyone else if Nicholas Volkouv had just done his duty as an uncle. I'm an uncle myself. My .... sister's son , Ricky Joe. If he needed help I would have gotten it for him. I would never have hidden it. "

Jeremiah stopped unloading another box and lifted his eyebrow. " Nicholas Volkouv is worth billions. You want me to sue him for wrongful death on the behalf of Reese Malden ? "

The voice that answered him was Reese again. " I want you to get justice for my husband. That man may be a billionaire but so am I. If it takes me a lifetime and every penny I have he will pay. I don't care about money. I want an apology. A damn apology. And.... I want my husband back. "