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PART 16
"What do you want?" Richard snapped irritably as Max entered his office.
"Your signatures." Max told him sliding the divorce papers across the table calmly.
"What?" Richard asked, sitting straight up. He grabbed the papers and skimmed through them. Finally, his lips curled in disgust. "She wants a divorce now does she?"
"That's what it says. She's already signed," He gestured to Isabel's signature. "It's about time you did too."
To Max's surprise Richard let out a long laugh. "What makes you think I will?" he asked.
Max gave him his coldest 'lawyer' stare. "Let's just say you don't want to take this in court."
"Pretty sure of yourself aren't you?"
Max smiled coldly. He pulled out a bunch of papers from his briefcase. He held them up. "Do you know what these are?"
Richard shook his head. "More divorce papers?" he asked sarcastically.
Max just shook his head. He paced in front of the desk while flipping through the papers. "Let's just say the IRS would really love to get their hands on these!"
Richard's eyes went wide. "The…the IRS?"
Max smiled smugly. "Yes. I had Alex pull these up for me. It's very easy for him to do, what with heading that big computer company. Did you know he has access to a lot of company's finance department?"
Richard just sat there, for once looking trapped. "Wouldn't the government like to know since how long you haven't paid your taxes? You could go broke Richard." Max asked psuedo-sympathetically. "And we wouldn't want that now would we?"
"Are you blackmailing me?" Richard asked, indignantly.
"Let's just say I'm being a good citizen!"
"I could take you to court for breaking in and entering that day!" Richard asked, trying vainly to deter Max. But Max just smiled serenely.
"It was to help an innocent."
Richard sat back, worry obvious on his face.
"So are you signing now?" Max asked.
After a bit of hesitation Richard nodded. "Where do I sign?"
Tbc…