A New Life
Chapter 1
Introductions
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or get paid to write this story. I'm just having fun doing it.
A/N: Thank you to everyone who has read my other stories. I am excited that someone else wants to read my thoughts!
Hi! My name is Stephanie Plum, used to be Orr. I'm divorced from Dickie 'THE DICK' Orr; the best thing that ever happened to me. He was an up and coming lawyer when I married him. He insisted on a prenup to protect his future earnings. My dad had the foresight to insist on a clause in the prenup that if my husband was caught having an affair; the prenup would be void. And I would be entitled to half of everything he had.
Six months after the wedding, I came home from work early because I had a migraine and walked in on him having sex with my nemesis, Joyce Barnhardt. I had my phone in my hand so I took a picture for posterity. That picture turned out to be worth ten million dollars. Yea me!
Dickie had recently won a class action suit for a major client and his 10% fee was $20,000,000.00. After a no contest divorce: where I got the house, the new car he bought me and 10 million in cold hard cash; I kept working at EE Martin until the company was shut down by the feds. Since my dad insisted on that clause in the prenup, I could take some time off work to decide what my next move was going to be.
I was leaning towards opening a lingerie factory in Trenton NJ and manufacturing my own line of lingerie. There were several empty factories in the area due to the downturn in the economy. A lot of manufacturing was leaving the US due to cheaper labor costs overseas. I had money of my own to invest plus I was looking for a couple of other investors to share costs and then split the profits.
Stephanie's Specialties was the name I had chosen for the company and I was at a conference for Women in Business hoping to find investors. While I was at the conference, I met Lester Santos; a security expert. He was there as a vendor promoting security systems to women owned companies. He and his crew of men were dressed all in black and had bulging muscles and were causing quite a stir amongst the ladies present.
Stephanie waited until the crowd moved on before she approached their booth. "Hi, my name is Stephanie. I would like one of your cards please."
"Are you interested in making an appointment to discuss setting up a security system for your business?" Asked Lester Santos.
"I will need a security system for my factory when I get it operational. I am still in the planning stages right now." She tells him.
"Nice to meet you Stephanie. Here's my card with our information. You can call us when you are ready for a consultation. There are four partners at Rangeman Inc. and one of us will be glad to meet with you." He said.
"Sounds good." She said taking his card and a brochure and walking away.