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drawn back in a fist, Schaller snapped out at her.
    “This is my office you stupid bit…”
    “I wouldn’t even think the end of that word if I were you. Not if you value your balls where they are.” Kyle was at his throat in a second having flashed across the room the moment drew back to hit her. She could only blink in surprise.

Chapter Seven
    “That’s enough! Perhaps we can all have a seat. Mr…Kyle whatever your name is, sit.
    Right here, let him go and sit down, I said. Mr. MacManus, could you start, you said something about wanting to talk to me. Go on…you, Kyle Person I said, sit down, damn it!”
    Someone had to take charge of this meeting or there was gonna be bloodshed Aaron thought. He could tell she was confused. No one had cared how they had treated her before.
    Aaron thought that was extremely sad. When she glanced at him just as he was pushing Kyle into a chair and saw that he was grinning she cocked her pretty brow at him in question, he just burst out laughing.
    ‘Keep laughing it up bucko and they’ll have the men in white jackets after you too soon enough.’ She muttered quietly.
    “Ah, Ms Harm you are a delight! Maddy I’d like you to meet some very good friends of mine, Bradley Wolff, you’ve not met, this is Colin Larimore, I believe you and he have talked on the phone, and this is Kyle Dixon, one of my oldest and dearest friends. Everyone this is Madison Harm, Attorney at Law.” Aaron couldn’t help it, her banter with herself was funny and her taking charge of the violate situation showed she had what it took to be just what they were looking for. Oh yeah, she was perfect.
    Mr. Schaller looked pissed still, but he apparently knew when to keep his mouth shut.
    Aaron would need to keep a tight rein on Kyle or he’d drain the bastard in a heartbeat. Not that Aaron could blame him, but if Schaller went down it was going to be of his own making.
    “Simply put, we would like to hire Ms. Harm as our lawyer, starting as soon as her contract with you can either be bought out or it ends, which ever comes sooner.”
    Aaron had always believed in the straight forward approach and didn’t see any reason to change that because he was working with a human. Well as human as one could consider a
    ‘prick’ as Maddy called Sherman Schaller.
    “Her contract isn’t for sale, nor is it even close to being over,” Schaller said in a voice that was meant to end this discussion. “I’m afraid that you have wasted your time gentlemen.
    Perhaps you’d like to see what, as a firm, we have to offer you. I’m afraid that’s the best I can do. I’m sure we have something affordable in your price range. We generally cater to a more…well a different type of clientele than your average customer. What would you say to letting Miss Harm get on with her duties and I have my secretary set you up with one of our more experienced attorney’s one of our less busy ones.
    “He’s right, and at the rate things are going, I’ll be working for them until I’m as old as this friggin building.” Maddy stood to get some water for the men, and looked startled when all four of them stood as well. Mr. Schaller stood too, but only after a pointed look and a couple of glares from them. She shooed them down and continued speaking. “My original contact was for two years, with an option to renew at anytime. That was four years, three months and twenty seven days ago, but who’s counting. Anyway, they didn’t tell me that they could renew it without my knowledge or consent. So now I’m up to—”

    “They don’t need to know the personal business of this firm Ms Harm, nor do I appreciate you airing our business practices out for the public to know.” The anger from the man at the head of the table tripled. Aaron knew the other men felt it too. A quick touch of Schaller’s mind showed he was going to hurt her and he thought the smack that Robert gave her look like a love tap when he was done with the