Chapter 7

"Abby what?"

"Liv you need to come to the office NOW. We have a client."

"Abby office hours are over tell them to leave a message and we will get to them tomorrow."

"NO OLIVIA GET YOUR ASS DOWN HER NOW!"

"Jezz Abs its almost 1 in the morning what could be so important that I need to come in?"

"Hmm maybe your daughter and her relationship with that perv of a guy named Jake Ballard!"

"WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"

"No im not so get your ass down here NOW!"

"I'll be there in 20 minutes." She hung up the phone and went to go through some clothes on when Grady stopped her.

"Liv why does Abby need you at 1 in the morning?"

Olivia wasn't about to tell Grady what was going on considering it had to do with her boyfriend as she called him. "Nothing dear but I wont see you until tomorrow night at the earliest. I will be very busy with this case."

"Well I'm coming with you."

Olivia knew that Grady could probably help but she didn't want to involve her in this. Especially because it could break her heart if what she was thinking was true. She put on a smile and said as best she could, "Sweetheart, I don't think that that is a very good idea."

Grady could sense some hesitation in her voice but was determined she was going. "Why not?"

Growing irritated Olivia said, "Grady you aren't coming end of discussion."

Grady left to go to her room to change because she WAS going and no one was going to stop her. Even if she had to drive herself over there.

She heard Olivia getting ready to leave and decided it was time to make her move. She went out and walked to the door with Olivia.

Olivia saw she was dressed and knew she was coming one way or the other and she wasn't in the mood to deal with her anymore considering she was about to have a mess on her hands.

"Fine Grady, you can come, but you're going to regret it."

Grady wasn't sure why she was going to regret it but was beyond happy that Olivia finally agreed, and with that they left.

When they arrived to the office Abby and Harrison were shocked to see Olivia and Grady. They had never met Grady but from the pictures that Olivia had shown them of her 'niece' they knew she was beautiful. They were also shocked to see Grady here. Abby was sure she mentioned that the client had something to do with Jake, and knowing that Grady called him her boyfriend she wasn't sure why liv brought her here.

"Hi I'm Grady. You must be Abby and Harrison. It's so good to finally meet you guys. My MOM has told me so much about both of you."

Abby was the first one to respond, "Hi Grady, it is so great to finally meet you too and as Olivia's daughter and not her niece."

Harrison and Grady chuckled at that but Olivia found no humor in it. "Not funny Abs. Okay lets get to work. Grady stay out here while we work okay?"

"Whoa no way mom I am helping. That's why I came, to help not stand around. So I'm helping end of discussion."

"Wow you are definitely Liv's daughter, no doubt about that." Harrison could see the resemblance just by looking at the two of them but actually seeing the spit fire that Grady had he knew that she was Olivia's child.

Olivia just glared at him. "Grady this case is not for you to work on it is for us to work on." Olivia felt bad but didn't want Grady to know what Jake was up to.

Grady however knew it had to do something with her and so she was going to get in there one way or the other. "Alright I'll stay out here."

"You will?" Olivia was stunned by the lack of fight she put up to get inside the room to know what it was about, but she let it go not wanting to argue.

"Yes." She saw Huck in his office quietly watching the scene play out. "I'll just go talk to Huck."

"Actually he is going to be needed for this, so no." Olivia just wanted to be done with this.

"Fine I'll sit right here and wait."

Once Grady sat down they all went into the office and got to work. They would catch Quinn up when she arrived. She was busy with her other project that Olivia had assigned her to so she didn't mind her not being there.

"Alright what do we have?"

Abby began, "Jacob Ballard, goes by Jake. He is 35 and lives in Switzerland. He is a history teacher at Baldwin Boarding School where Grady attends. He is recently divorced and is in a romantic relationship with your daughter."

"Okay, Huck?"

"He has good credit but he wires $236 to an account every week. It is the same amount each week and is always wire to the same account each time on the same day at the same time, 1:30 each Thursday. He also wired $2.5 million to an offshore bank account in South America a couple of months ago."

"Why would he do that?" Olivia had a suspicion but didn't want to think that it was true considering Grady had admitted to loving him just a little bit ago.

"Honestly Liv I don't know but I will find out. I am trying to figure out whose bank accounts they are at the moment."

"I know whose they are, Huck." Grady came in with a sad expression on her face.

"GRADY!" Olivia didn't want her to know what was going on but it looked like she was too late to stop it.

"Look I know more than you think I do. The $2.5 million was to some girl he paid off to get her to stay quiet about an affair, but quite honestly I think he raped her as well. I'm not too sure about that though." She looked around the room and everyone's mouth was hanging open at what she just said. "The $236 goes to a girl named Amber. She is his prostitute. He sleeps with her every Tuesday night. They go to the local bar, Twilight, and have a few drinks and then they head off to her place, because I'm typically always at his place. He has his account set on a timer thingy to make sure that he doesn't miss a pay."

Harrison didn't understand how she knew all of this, "Sweetie how do you know this?"

"Because I'm good at my job, that's how."

This time it was Abby's turn to ask the questions, "What job dear?"

Grady glanced at the chair and took a seat. She never wanted anyone to find out about what her 'job' was but she supposed it was time. "I was one of Jake's ladies. That's how we met."