After Rory landed back in California from a rough and exhausting flight she dragged herself through the airport to meet up with a driver that held up a sign that showed her her nickname. The driver held a large coffee out to her. She gratefully took it and gulped it down quickly, but stopped and looked at it weirdly.
"It's decaf. Why is this decaf? Why the hell did you give me decaf?!" Rory yelled and glared at the driver. Her eyes then widdened. Her jaw dropped.
"Well hello to you too love." An Australian accent echoed in her ears. The Aussie tipped his hat at her and winked.
"Finny! What on earth are you doing here?!" Rory squealed and jumped at him into a hug.
Finn groaned, "You're getting heavier Love."
Rory pulled back and slapped his shoulder.
"Awe, where's my hug Reporter Girl?" Colin's voice called out from behind her. Rory spun around and leaped into a hug.
Colin grinned, "I knew you liked me better."
"Nuh uh! I'm the favorite! I'm exotic!" Finn cried out with a stubborn pout.
"Oh come on boys there's enough love to go around." Rory linked arms with them both.
Finn sniffled, "But what about when you have the new ones coming around?"
"I'll still love you then! Now, boys I believe we have someone to find?"
"Ah yes! We are off to see the wizard! The wonderful wizard of OZ!!" Finn sang, as he led Colin and Rory to the waiting car where the actual driver waited by stretch limo.
The three piled in and were off to go find the wizard: Logan Huntzberger.
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Logan sat in his office staring at his empty walls, picturing what he could put on them. Of course he should be going over paper work but he just couldn't concentrate. Thoughts of his phone call with his dad kept ringing in his ears.
Chris wouldn't do that, would he?
He shook his head and looked down at the contract before him and the legal wording.
Stock share...
Income...
Profits...
Refundable Investment...
Thirty-something percent ownership...
Wait...
Refundable Investment?!? 38% ownership?!?! What the hell?!?!!!
Logan immediately turned to his computer where a picture of his Ace with their group of friends at an LDB event took place in England at a castle estate that he found out was owned by none other than his fianceé after Straub's death. She smiled at the memory, but and to push to the back of his mind so he could type up an email to his boss about the contract deal from Mr. Nigel Slater from Slater Inc.
And as he was about to click send when his office phone rang.
He quickly clicked send and then picked up the phone.
"Huntzberger."
"Mr. Huntzberger there are some miscreants - hey! Get away from me! Stop it! - and a Ms. Hayden - that is not yours! Get away! That is my book, you do not touch my book! Shoo! Shoo! Ah, wai -"
His receptionist seemed to be pretty occupied and wanted to laugh since he had a feeling to who was there.
"Hey mate! You didn't tell you had a ravishing beauty down just waiting for me. Sadly she's not a red head, but I'll take her. She's feisty! Oh wait - love! No! I was just talking to the wizard!"
"Logan, if the twins turn out to be boys or even we get a single boy, remind me to never invite the lion or the scarecrow to babysit nor even get with in five feet of them. - Hey! No! No, no! Finn! Finn! - You don't mind us crashing your work bubble right Mr. OZ? Cause there is nothing that's stopping Mr. Scarecrow now... and - Colin! Get back here! - Yeah. We'll be there in a few."
Logan laughed, "Well Dorothy, you're a long way from home. Got those ruby shoes with you?"
"Damn, they're in my other purse. But that's not too bad when my home is only a few floors away." Rory's voice slowly got more flirty and Logan felt it. He smirked.
"Well then follow the yellow brick road, future Mrs. OZ, home is not far off. And watch out for the flying monkeys, I hear there's a wicked witch from the West on my floor according to my apprentice."
"Hmm. And to think we just left the wicked witch of the East not so long ago."
Logan chuckled, knowing who she was referring to. And then a slam of his office door opened.
"Ace you might want to hurry and find those shoes to get you up here because this isn't going to be pretty."
"What-"
Before Rory could get a word out Logan hung up and glared at his visitor.
"Ms. Blade, how can I help you? And if it's not work related, get out."
Nancy Blade, the floor secretary, pursed her lips and shifted her weight on her sky high heels, holding some files in her arms as she squeezed her arms closer inwards to push her breasts outward more, to show her cleavage through the three open buttons of her cherry red blouse that was snug to her upper figure.
Logan kept his eyes tightly on her own as she slowly bent forward to place them on his desk.
She licked her cherry red lips before speaking. Her hazel green eyes looking at him, begging him, to give her attention.
"Jason wanted these looked over and approved before final look over with David." She spoke with a little sultry edge. Making her sound like a raspy old woman. To Logan anyways.
"Okay. Is that all? Or are you done wasting my time? Because I'm sure that there is something else for you to do besides hiding in a supply closet and waiting for your next victim."
Unbeknownst to them, they had quite the audience. Some actually had popcorn and shared candy as they watch through windows and the open door. A couple videotaped to use against the wicked witch of the west. In the midst of the crowd emerged and confused Rory, an amused Finn and a concerned Colin.
Nancy didn't know what to say to that as she tried to come up with something she felt a tap on her shoulder. She swiftly stood up and straightened her blouse and super short pencil skirt and turned around to see a sickeningly sweet smile on a woman she's never seen before.
"Hello, I don't believe we've met."
"I'm Nancy Blade. Assistant to Jason Hughes."
"Oh? I didn't know Jason had an assistant. Did you babe?" Rory asked innocently, turning to Logan with a sly look.
Nancy scoffed, "Look, Miss Whoever-you-are. You can't just come in here and claim to be the boss's girlfriend, he's taken, and I'm sure it won't last long."
"I'm sure." Rory smirked.
Nancy narrowed her eyes at her.
Rory walks around the desk to Logan where he had pushed out from his desk to watch on earlier. He pulled her into his embrace and sat her on hir lap. She shifted her butt around to get comfortable, earning a growl from him in her ear. She smirked a Logan smirk and leaned back into him while looking at an angry "assistant".
"Nancy, you don't mind me calling you Nancy, right?" She gave a slight pause as if wanting a response and Nancy was just about to reprimand her when Rory spoke again, "Good. Now I'm sure you don't want a sexual assult charge against your name, do you? Because he has the authority amoung the witnesses on this floor, if not others as well that can get you kicked out and on the streets. And I'm sure that no one would miss you."
Nancy scoffed, "Yeah right. You have nothing against me! And I'm not buying the whole..." she waves her hand over the two in a giant gesture, "... act. You're really pathetic!" She laughed. Loudly.
Colin and Finn were mad as they march in quietly to stand on both sides of her and take both her arms.
"Oh!" She jumped and then looked at the two unknown men. "Oh, hey..." she smirked shyly.
Logan rolled his eyes and Rory laughed.
"Hey Mac, you wouldn't happen to harvd David on speed dial would you?" Rory asked with a knowing glint in her eye.
"Yeah why?"
Rory tilted her head at the three in front of his desk.
"Ah." Logan then pulled out his phone and dialed 6.
"David."
Logan put his phone on his desk sideways and just let it unfold.