CHAPTER 8

NICOLE

“It is no secret that Nicole and I were not the best of friends or business partners when she was alive but she was a leader in our industry, at the forefront of innovations that constantly put the rest of us on our toes, she was a woman leading in an industry dominated by men and for that, dead or alive, she will always have my respect. On this note I am donating ten million pounds to her foundation and all the charity organizations that she supports” I hear Chris spill from the podium

Did he really mean those words? Did he really see me as a woman leading an industry dominated by men?

This is the same man who just days ago said he was going to wipe the floor with me, he couldn’t be serious, he was doing it for the press definitely

“We can leave now” he says as he gets to me, stretching his hands for me to take them

As soon as I do, he pulls up and holds me by my waist and we stride out of the church.

I turned back to glance at my photo one more time, I was really gone, Nic