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the surge of anger from Blair but didn’t really fucking care right now. “I guess I can be glad that you told me before I stuck my dick in this.”
    He looked at the doorway when he heard her. Thad had no idea how long Diamond had been standing there , but by the look on her face, long enough to hear him. He wasn’t going to apologize to her. She’d known all along what she was and had let him…well that wasn’t right either. She’d been pushing him away since he’d been there. Thad stood up when she disappeared.
    “ I need to get back to Texas. I have some things going on there that I need to…we have a contract, are you…fuck, I have no idea what I want right now. I’ll…I’ll call you in a few days.” He wasn’t going to call him at all but have his attorneys handle this. He just knew that he wasn’t going to be working with these…people any longer.
    Thad made arrangement s for a cab to come and get him, and he waited outside until it arrived. His things were brought out by Annabelle, who simply set his luggage and his computer on the picnic table and went back inside. She looked as hurt as he was pissed.
    Once he was at the airport , he felt a little better. Distance, he supposed, was a big help, and once he made it home again they’d be out of a job and he’d have to start over. But the more he thought of it, the angrier he got. He wondered if he could sue them. Then he caught himself. Yeah, that would go over well. “I can’t work with them, your Honor, because they’re werewolves and they said I have a few vampires working for me too.”
    Every time his phone rang he ignored it. He wasn’t in the mood to speak to anyone right now. And when his flight was called he turned it off and took out the battery for good measure. He was going to enjoy his flight home.
    Thad had called his house to have his car brought to him. On the ride back, he pulled out his phone and started to sort through his voicemails. The first one he listened to was from Morton.
    “ I’ll be changing shit back to the old way in the morning. Glad you finally came to your senses about them people and their wanting you to convert. That Henson woman sure was bossy, but I’m glad you fired her. We’ll get back to normal now.”
    Thad had no idea what he was talking about until he got to the third message. This one was from Blair ’s attorney.
    “ As per the contract signed between Flair Marketing and Galloway Industries, we are in agreement with the break in the contract. You’ll receive official notifications in the mail in the morning as I am over-nighting the information to you. I have stated that there are creative differences that cannot be overcome. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact my office and not the firm.”
    Thad was livid. How dare they do this to him? He was going to break it with them, of course, but he should have been the one to do it, not them. He listened to his next message and nearly froze on the spot when he heard her voice. Diamond had left him a message.
    “ You left some things in my room. I don’t want you to think I’ve stolen them, but I will have them cleaned and pressed before I have them sent. You’ll not have to worry about my….” She let out a long breath before she continued. “They’ll go out within the next few days.”
    She ’d been about to tell him that her germs or some other part of her wasn’t going to be on whatever it was she was sending him. He wanted to call her back and tell her not to bother, that he could replace whatever it was, but he wasn’t ready to speak to any of them just yet. He moved through his house and to his bedroom, where he took a long hot shower. Tomorrow he’d deal with all of this; right now he was exhausted and emotionally worn out. Tomorrow would look better.

Chapter 5
     
    Diamond put the last of her boxes in the back seat of her car and closed the door. She looked at her sisters and her grandmother and wanted to cry