Charlotte." Kirsten felt a sudden anger rise inside her she just couldn't believe the woman had the nerve to come back and speak to her. "Seth, you remember Charlotte she's the woman I met in rehab." Kirsten made sure not to call her friend and was really glaring at her now.
"Um yeah vague recollection!" seeing the look on his mother's face Seth decided now would be a very good time to leave. "Well I'm going to head to the shops. Don't want to miss anything, you know me mom." He was trying to get a smile out of his mother and at least she managed a small one. "I'll meet you inside." With that he turned and left Charlotte and Kirsten staring at each other.
"I take it Julie told you what happened then! Stupid woman! She thinks she could have her life back now if she'd have just done what I said although I had no intention of sharing that money, you know!" Charlotte was trying to bring the fight out of Kirsten surely this woman couldn't always be so nice. "So anyway I'm sure you're wondering what I'm doing back here. Well see I really needed that money and if I can't get it I'm going to be in serious trouble. So I thought you might help me out I mean I know your daddy didn't leave you any but you sure have a fat enough bank account as it is so you won't miss any that you give to me." The last part was said with much force, Charlotte was hoping she's scare Kirsten into heading straight for the cash machine.
"Are you out of your mind? You actually think I would just go to a cash machine and give you as much money as you want? Money that I have worked hard, money of Sandy's, money that is going to pay for our boys to go through college. You must have more problems than I realised because there is no way I will be giving you any money. Not today, not ever." With that Kirsten turned to leave but charlotte grabbed her arm. "I think you will be heading straight to the cash machine in a minute. Just let me grab my phone so I can see what Sandy is up to right now. He's working late isn't he?"
Kirsten's head spun round. Why would she know that Sandy is working late? Charlotte saw the look on her face. "My partner is outside the Newport Group right now and if you do not go over to those cash machines and get me my money he is going to go straight to Sandy's office. Depending on how he is feeling he will put a bullet through Sandy's head or chest, it's a tough choice. Not so tough for you though. I know how much you love your husband and you wouldn't want to let him down again. So go over to the cash machine of your choice and save us both the trouble of arguing."
She was in shock. Surely Charlotte was bluffing I mean why would she do that to Sandy. Slowly she turned and headed for the cash machines. She couldn't run the risk of not getting the money she couldn't survive without Sandy. If she'd had her doubts about that the summer in rehab took them away. The boys would never forgive her if they knew she had let their father die. They would all rather be poor than live without him.
It was a good thing that Kirsten wasn't a risk taker. Security at the Newport Group had noticed an unusual car, not one of the staff's and there were no visitors there now, that had been at the back of the car park for some time now. They had told Mr Cohen this just to warn him but he didn't seem unduly concerned. In fact Sandy was just too busy for this piece of information to even really register with him. He hadn't been expecting to keep this job and was feeling quiteout of depth. He wanted to make the group successful and he really didn't want to let his wife down. He knew how much she had loved working there so he had to make a good go of this for both of their sakes. His wife now she could definitely distract him even with this heavy workload. She had rang before to tell him about her and Seth's planned trip to the mall, to make sure he got something to eat because they would be eating out and to make sure Ryan ate too. He loved how attentive to them all she was being since coming home. He really hoped her and Seth were enjoying spending some time together.
Kirsten approached the cash machines on her own. Charlotte was far back enough that she might have thought of running but she knew that would not help Sandy. There were three cash machines next to each other and today she definitely didn't care which one she went to. She had her instructions from Charlotte, now she just needed to walk over there and do it. Two of the cash machines were being used so she walked over to the free one and slipped her card in. She glanced around Charlotte was smiling, the person next to her was just getting his money. The person next to her. She had to get a better look. She couldn't believe it.
"Carter! What are you doing here?" His head turned immediately and his heart melt. He couldn't believe his luck he hadn't even had to go to her she had come to him