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note, I’m out of here. Ladies, it’s been a pleasure.”
    Eva walked Ralph to the door. After saying her good-byes, she turned to find Brenda waiting at the end of the stairway. “What’s wrong?” Eva asked.
    “There’s something about Ralph that doesn’t sit well with me,” she commented.
    “The fact that he didn’t make a pass at you, is that it?”
    “Yes. I mean no,” Brenda stuttered.
    Eva laughed. “I was offended at first myself, but don’t worry; mister look like Jean Claude Van Damme is as heterosexual as they come.”
    “What’s his number? I need to set up a private session.”
    “Stand in line.” Eva left Brenda standing at the end of the stairway as she headed upstairs to shower and dress.
    An hour later, they were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic although Los Angeles rush hour normally ended by ten.  Eva normally stopped to talk to a few people when she entered the office but today she was running late. Brenda had to pick up her pace just to keep up with her as she rushed through the door.
    Eva waltzed in the conference room, and silence fell over the room as the members of her staff turned and looked at each other, avoiding eye contact with her. Brenda took a seat at the back of the room. “You all act like this is a funeral instead of a meeting. What’s going on?” Eva asked, looking at John.
    John stood beside her and attempted to whisper. “Maybe we should talk in private first.”
    Eva looked around the room. “Apparently, they already know whatever it is that you want to tell me, so spill it.”
    John pulled out a chair. “Have a seat.”
    She sat down and waited for John to take a seat. John handed her some pictures. “What the…” Eva didn’t finish her statement as she flipped through pictures of her chronological comings and goings for the past few weeks. What really made her mouth drop was the fact that the pictures all had the words “Eva go to Hell” across them.
    “Everybody here got an envelope and it contained copies of these pictures.”
    “Where’s Bach? He should be in this meeting,” Eva stated.  Inside Eva was furious and concerned. She hoped her nervousness didn’t show because she wanted everyone to know that she wasn’t going to let some deranged person take control over her life.
    “He’s on his way,” John responded.
    Brenda walked to the front of the room. “May I see those?”
    Eva handed the pictures to her. “In fact, everybody here who got copies of these.” She held up a picture. “Please hand them to Brenda.”
    Brenda picked up a bin and had each person drop their envelopes and/or pictures into the bin. “I’ll be back.”
    Eva addressed her staff. “I had other things to discuss like ratings, but I think in light of this, we could use a recess. The meeting will resume here in about thirty minutes.”
    The room cleared fast. John and Eva were the only two remaining. Bach walked in the room and closed the door. “I reviewed the security cameras and there wasn’t anything out of the ordinary.”
    “It had to be an inside job. In order for everyone to get a copy,” John stated.
    “Not exactly. I checked with the mail room and apparently, they received a box with instructions. They didn’t bother to look at the contents because the letter instructed that each staff member get a copy.”
    Eva crossed her arms. She listened to John and Bach. “Is there anything you can do? The last thing I need is to have this information leaked to the media?”
    “Let me deal with that. You just make sure you get some personal security,” John said.
    “I have. Brenda is not just an assistant; she’s my personal security guard.”
    John said, “Well you could have told me.”
    “We thought it best the fewer people who knew the better. Just in case someone here on staff is responsible,” Eva said, in her defense.
    Someone knocked on the door. Bach went to see who it was. When he moved, Brenda walked through the door. “ Eva, can I talk to