Chapter 11
Helena and Dinah rode up in the elevator in silence; neither had spoken a word since leaving the Redmonds'. The elevator stopped and they stepped out into the Clocktower. Dinah glanced over towards the bank of computers in the center of the room, half-expecting Barbara to be there, pouring over her Delphi. She wasn't. Dinah sighed and turned to Helena.
"So what now?"
Helena shrugged her shoulders. "Well, we are supposed to have a meeting later in the day with the judge. The lawyer supposed to call with the time. I have some papers to look over, so why don't you get some sleep till then."
Dinah nodded. "Sounds like a plan." She started to walk towards the stairs and then stopped. She turned back to face Helena. "Helena, what happened today.you don't think it will affect the judge's decision. Do you?"
Helena shook her head. "It shouldn't. After today.no offense, but I don't think those people will want to come within three hundred miles of you."
"And I'm sooo broken up about that." Dinah grinned.
Helena smiled and tossed Dinah's backpack at the girl. "Go get some sleep. I'll wake you if I hear anything."
Dinah caught the backpack in midair. "Okay," she said turning back towards the stairs. She stopped. "Oh and Helena?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks...for everything." Dinah headed up the stairs and down the hall towards her room.
Helena watched her go and then trudged over to Delphi. She picked up her legal documents and was reading through them for the hundredth time when Alfred walked in.
"Ah, Miss Helena you're back." He looked towards the bags lying at the foot of the stairs. "I take that Miss Dinah is back with us? I hope that you didn't do anything that might put the situation in further jeopardy."
Helena put the papers she was reading down and gave Alfred a devilish grin. "Now what would make you think that I would do anything of the sort."
"I know how you are, Miss Helena. By the way, Mr. Ponte called shortly after you left."
Helena looked confused. "Mr. Ponte? Remind me who that is again."
"Your lawyer, Miss Helena. I do wish you would learn to pay more attention."
Helena sighed. "Sorry Alfred. What did he have to say?"
Alfred held up a note. "He wanted me to inform you that you have a meeting with the judge at three o'clock and that everything you discussed is in order. I assume you know what that means."
Helena took the note from Alfred and looked over it. "Yes, yes I do. Thank you Alfred."
Alfred turned to walk away, but stopped. "I know you hate the decisions you've had to make in this matter. If it is any consolation, I think you've made the right decision." Alfred left Helena to her documents and her thoughts.
~Wow, it seems like I've been gone forever (which it has been like a month since I last posted). I've had a really hard time with this story of late. After my disk died and I was forced to rewrite my latest chapters :( I kind of lost interest for awhile. Sorry. But now I'm back. Just wanted to thank everyone for being so patient. I know this chapter is short and kind of rushed, but I promise the last two chapters of this story will be longer. Yes, I said the last two chapters. I hope to finish Living with Fear this week and start the final part of this story soon. Until then...
Helena and Dinah rode up in the elevator in silence; neither had spoken a word since leaving the Redmonds'. The elevator stopped and they stepped out into the Clocktower. Dinah glanced over towards the bank of computers in the center of the room, half-expecting Barbara to be there, pouring over her Delphi. She wasn't. Dinah sighed and turned to Helena.
"So what now?"
Helena shrugged her shoulders. "Well, we are supposed to have a meeting later in the day with the judge. The lawyer supposed to call with the time. I have some papers to look over, so why don't you get some sleep till then."
Dinah nodded. "Sounds like a plan." She started to walk towards the stairs and then stopped. She turned back to face Helena. "Helena, what happened today.you don't think it will affect the judge's decision. Do you?"
Helena shook her head. "It shouldn't. After today.no offense, but I don't think those people will want to come within three hundred miles of you."
"And I'm sooo broken up about that." Dinah grinned.
Helena smiled and tossed Dinah's backpack at the girl. "Go get some sleep. I'll wake you if I hear anything."
Dinah caught the backpack in midair. "Okay," she said turning back towards the stairs. She stopped. "Oh and Helena?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks...for everything." Dinah headed up the stairs and down the hall towards her room.
Helena watched her go and then trudged over to Delphi. She picked up her legal documents and was reading through them for the hundredth time when Alfred walked in.
"Ah, Miss Helena you're back." He looked towards the bags lying at the foot of the stairs. "I take that Miss Dinah is back with us? I hope that you didn't do anything that might put the situation in further jeopardy."
Helena put the papers she was reading down and gave Alfred a devilish grin. "Now what would make you think that I would do anything of the sort."
"I know how you are, Miss Helena. By the way, Mr. Ponte called shortly after you left."
Helena looked confused. "Mr. Ponte? Remind me who that is again."
"Your lawyer, Miss Helena. I do wish you would learn to pay more attention."
Helena sighed. "Sorry Alfred. What did he have to say?"
Alfred held up a note. "He wanted me to inform you that you have a meeting with the judge at three o'clock and that everything you discussed is in order. I assume you know what that means."
Helena took the note from Alfred and looked over it. "Yes, yes I do. Thank you Alfred."
Alfred turned to walk away, but stopped. "I know you hate the decisions you've had to make in this matter. If it is any consolation, I think you've made the right decision." Alfred left Helena to her documents and her thoughts.
~Wow, it seems like I've been gone forever (which it has been like a month since I last posted). I've had a really hard time with this story of late. After my disk died and I was forced to rewrite my latest chapters :( I kind of lost interest for awhile. Sorry. But now I'm back. Just wanted to thank everyone for being so patient. I know this chapter is short and kind of rushed, but I promise the last two chapters of this story will be longer. Yes, I said the last two chapters. I hope to finish Living with Fear this week and start the final part of this story soon. Until then...