These characters do not belong to me…
This is a story about what might have been going through Maddie Hayes' mind as she set out to close down the businesses that her lawyer instructed her to do.
Maddie Hayes walked out of the Dog Grooming Parlor having successfully completed her task of shutting down the fifth business that had lost money for her company MadHayes Inc. As she climbed into her car she reflected on her miserable day…waking up to find out all her money was stolen, her possessions repossessed, valuables being smashed, paychecks bouncing, and employees quitting. A day she truly wished to forget and now she had to go to her companies to tell them she was closing their doors and putting them out of work.
Knowing what just happened to her she hated the fact that this was something she had to do, tell people they were losing their livelihood…At she went into these businesses she was apologetic and sympathetic to their pleas of keeping them open. It was becoming too emotional for her so she decided that the best course of action was to become detached…tell them what was happening. point blank, and move was business, just business, and for her to survive she had to close them down.
She checked her watch and saw it was 3:00,.enough time to go to her last place to inform them they were fired and then go home to get ready for her blind date with Dr. Spindler, was that his name,.she wasn't sure. For the first time today Maddie focused on her personal life and not her economic woes…..Gee, she thought, I hope this guy is smart, interesting but most importantly, a gentleman…After being on the month long cruise she had seen her share of loud, ;obnoxious men who told off color jokes and said sexist remarks..Guys like that didn't appeal to her and none of them ever would…that wasn't her idea of an ideal man…How any woman could ever fall for a guy like that is beyond me she pondered…
As her mind drifted back to what her next task was on hand and where she had to go, she looked down on her list…lets see, the next business is City of Angels..Detective Agency.
"Ahh" she sighed, "finally, the last one"…Hopefully this will go well and she could head home, go on her date and move on with her life to try to get it back to some sort of semblance she could control.
As she stepped into the office of the detective agency she addressed the receptionist…"Good Afternoon, can you tell me the name of the person in charge"...
What happened next would put her into a tailspin for the rest of her life because what happened next was David Addison Jr.