For years she had prided herself on being in the office at nine am, sharp. Wanda thought it was important to set a positive example for her staff. Even if that meant that she would have to be there on little or no sleep, which was the case on many nights when Nick used to run Impressions. It was almost 10 o’clock; so Wanda reached over and picked up the phone, and called her assistant to say that she had a meeting and would be in that afternoon. When she hung up, her cell phone rang. She started not to answer until she saw that it was Victor’s cell phone. “Hello,” she answered. “Good morning, Wanda,” Black said. “I tried you at the office, but your assistant said you hadn’t gotten there yet.” Wanda hesitated and glanced over at Marcus, who had begun to move around under the covers. “I have a meeting this morning.” “Anything I need to know about?” “Nothing major. I’ll tell you about it when I see you,” Wanda lied and she hated it. She had never lied to Black before.
