Julia let the threat hang between them before she spun on a heel and stormed back to Kyle’s room. The anger brewing within her at a boiling point that threatened to make her dangerous.
CHAPTER 3
GRANT
Grant tightened his grip on the phone as he eased into a chair in the waiting room.
“Sir?” Mike Donovan’s voice said in his ear, though he barely heard it.
He shook his head as the words he’d just heard swirled in his mind.I’m not sure we have the votes to withstand this.
With a sigh, he rubbed his forehead. “Where are we with our buyback?”
“Nineteen percent, and that’s likely as far as we’ll get.”
A curse escaped his lips as he shook his head. “And she’s still climbing?”
“Looks that way, sir. We need to discuss strategy.”
He scoffed at the words. Was there any strategy that could be employed to salvage this situation? “All right. I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
“See you then.”
The line clicked as Mike ended the call. Grant sat stunned for a moment. He never expected the end of his company to come like this. He shook his head as he forced himself to stand. He had to keep trying to move forward. Maybe they’d figure something out.
The last time he’d faced a difficult situation like this, he’d met Julia. Could he pull off another miracle?
He strode down to his son’s hospital room and poked his head in. Sierra rubbed Julia’s shoulder as she held Kyle’s hand. The expression on her delicate features didn’t seem quite right to him. It looked like something had upset her.
“Everything okay?” he asked as he stepped inside.
“No,” Sierra shot back.
His stomach turned over. The last thing he needed was more bad news.
“Mom was here,” Sierra continued. “She just strolled in to ‘check on Kyle.’”
“More like check to see if she could finish the job,” Kyle answered, his voice edged with upset.
“Are you kidding me?” Grant asked, his features scrunching. “Lydia really had the nerve to walk into this room?”
“Yep. Although I don’t know if she’ll have the nerve to do it again. Julia went after her, like big time.”
He glanced at his wife before he slid an arm around her. “You got into it with her?”
Julia cocked her head, lifting a shoulder.
“Yeah, she did,” Sierra said with a bob of her head, “she said, and I’m quoting here, ‘Don’t push me. I will end you.’”
His eyes went wider as he tried to imagine mild-mannered Julia’s angry outburst. Although, he’d been on the receiving end of it once when they’d had an argument. She could be terrifying.
“Someone needs to end her before she ends one of us,” Kyle answered.
Grant clenched his jaw as he silently addedor Harrington Globalto his son’s statement.
“Sorry, I just…I can’t believe she would show her face here after what happened.”
“I can. And on that note, I need to run to the office. I’ll wait until Max can get a security guard here, though.”
