When it came to lunch, Cynthia ran across the street to the small deli and collected some sandwiches and drinks for Justin, herself and Brian, knowing that Brian would ask her too anyway. It was rarely that Brian ever left the office during lunch. The only times were if there was an emergency with a family member or if he had a client luncheon. When she returned to the office, she took Brian his lunch first before returning to her office and sitting down with Justin to eat. She made sure to get extra, already knowing how much her little brother can eat.

"Justin, after lunch, would you like to head down to the art department?" She asked before taking a bite of her sandwich.

Justin smiled and nodded before starting on his own sandwich. Cynthia was hoping that maybe if Justin got into something he really liked, he would open up. Would start talking. Of course, she wasn't expecting a miracle over night, though that would have been great. Cynthia kept up a mostly one sided conversation with Justin throughout lunch. From time to time, Justin would nod or shake his head or he would pick up a pencil and write something down on a piece of computer paper.

When they had finished their lunch and cleaned up the office, Cynthia took Justin to the art department. When they walked in, everyone looked up and Cynthia knew exactly why. Smiling to herself, she headed over to the departments heads office with Justin following.

"Timothy?" She knocked on the open door.

Tim Spade looked up from his desk, "Cynthia, what can I do for you?"

"I'd like to introduce you to my brother, Justin Taylor." She smiled, placing her hand on Justin's back, "He's an artist and I thought maybe you could show him around the department. Maybe show him the program we use?"

"Cynthia, we're pretty swamped right now, maybe..."

"Did I forget to mention Brian said I should bring him down here?" Cynthia smirked

"Oh, of course." Tim stood and stuck out his hand for Justin, "It's nice to meet you, Justin."

Justin shook Tim's hand and just nodded. Tim arched his brow and looked back at Cynthia.

"He doesn't talk." She told him.

"Right." Tim smiled, "Well, why don't we go and see if Angela is free to show him the program?"

Cynthia just smiled and she and Justin followed Tim out of his office and towards a younger woman with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes. She was also wearing round eye glasses. She looked up when they saw them approaching and smiled at them all.

"Hello Cynthia. Tim." Angela sat up straight, "What's up?"

"Hello Angie." Cynthia replied, "This is my brother Justin. He's a little bit of an artist and I thought I would show him the art department today. Let him see the program we use here."

"Oh, it's so nice to meet you Justin." Angela shook his hand, "Why don't we pull up a chair for you and I'll show you the program."

Tim pulled up another chair and Justin sat down next to Angela in front of the computer.

"I must get back to work." Tim said before returning to his office.

"I really do not understand how he is the head of this department." Angela shook her head.

"Neither do I." Cynthia replied, "Angela, before you start, can I speak with you a moment?"

'Of course." Angela stood and followed Cynthia over to the corner of the room, "What's up?"

"I should tell you, Justin doesn't speak. I mean, he can, but ever since he was seven, he hasn't. I'm trying to help him. Get him talking again." Cynthia told her, "I'm hoping that if he is around people not like his father, who was abusive to him, he may open up again."

"Oh dear, is he why you haven't been to work since last Tuesday?"

Cynthia nodded, "Justin was in the hospital again. I went and picked him up and he's living with me now."

"Well, I'll show him the program. Maybe he can help me with one of the boards that I'm stuck on that Brian wants in an hour."

"That would be wonderful, thank you Angie."

"Of course." Angela smiled again, "Now, we are still on for Friday night right? Night out with the girls."

"Of course. By then I think Justin will be fine staying home alone for a few hours."

"Great, I'll tell Kate and Rosa that you're coming. Not sure if Jessica will be though." Angela nods, "Now. Off with you."

"Oh, I was going to stick around for..."

"Oh no you don't. Justin is just fine down here. You need to keep Brian busy and out of our hair. He has been driving us crazy since you took the week off." Angela frowned, "Not that I'm blaming you. I know it's that woman, Lindsay who keeps calling and then that whiny man, Michael."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I guess Lindsay is pregnant?"

Cynthia nodded.

"Right. That woman keeps calling about the pregnancy. Turns out Brian is the father, but he's gay, everyone knows that. Then that Michael one, geez. I never understood how Brian, being who he is, could be friends with that man."

"How do you know all this?"

"Oh, Gabby, the stand in receptionist for you," Angela replied, "She is Kate's cousin and very talkative."

Cynthia and Angela talked for another minute or so before Cynthia left the art department. She headed right for Brian's office, knowing that he would want to know the stand in receptionist was talking to his employees about his personal stuff. That was why she never liked to call in sick to work until it was needed. She knocked on the door and stepped inside before even hearing Brian answer.

"Cynthia." Brian said, not even looking up from the file he was reading.

She smirked. He always knew it was her when she just walked in without waiting for an answer.

"I just thought you should know Gabby, my stand in receptionist last week, has been talking about your personal calls from Lindsay and Michael that she had to take messages for while I was gone."

"What?" He finally looked up as Cynthia sat down.

She nodded, "Angela just told me. She found out from Kate, who turns out to be Gabby's cousin."

"Fuck." Brian sat back in his chair, "Kate told me she knew someone who could fill in for you last week, she didn't tell me Miss Stewart was her cousin."

"Well, I'm back." Cynthia stood, "Anyway, Justin is downstairs with Angela. She said she was going to show him the program. I should get back to the phones."

Cynthia exited the office and headed back to the reception area. Though she owned twenty percent of the company and wasn't really needed as the receptionist anymore because she did more then just answer phones, she just couldn't part from her job. She loved answering the phones. Brian has insisted she have an office and become an ad woman for Kinnetik and she agreed, but she also wanted to stick to receptionist. Brian was surprisingly okay with that.