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Dan woke up just before dawn with a splitting headache. He felt sick and again vowed never to drink again. As usual he couldn’t remember everything that had happened the day before, but he remembered enough to know he had behaved badly. Seeing the bruise on Adele’s face confirmed it. Feeling sick and ashamed of himself, he quietly climbed out of bed and dragged himself downstairs to make something that would help with the hangover.

He sat on the sofa, fuming. So Zoey was behind everything, was she working alone? Or with Craig? He remembered how Zoey and Karen had tried to convince him Adele was sabotaging the company. Now he knew Zoey was the one doing it. Were she and Karen working together?

Wait till Dad hears this, he thought. Then frowned as he remembered he had confronted his Dad yesterday. He couldn’t remember everything except that he had quit as co-CEO.

He groaned. He would have to apologize. Damn Zoey! What was she hoping to gain by all this?

He sat there till the sun cam
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