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Unfortunately, he hid a dark secret behind his good
deeds.
    Michelle’s Saturday poured on
into Sunday and her weekend was spent researching and taking care
of her cat Mittens. Mittens was indifferent to her musings on men,
work and her ambition to make partner at Briggs & Trice. If
that came to pass, she would be the youngest partner in the history
of the firm, but she knew that hard work was the only thing that
would get her there.
    Victoria, her competition,
handled much larger cases, but was so cut throat that the partners
would surely pass her over for someone more in tune with what
people were really like. Michelle was a people person and in turn,
a people pleaser. She loved working with those who needed her,
while Victoria was propelled by her need for power and money.
    Victoria spent her weekend,
hobnobbing with rich people who were friends of her parents. She
was always networking and her Sunday was spent kicking a younger,
tanned man out of her bed.
    “You can’t stay. I mean, you
were good, but this ends now.”
    She threw his suit pants at him
along with his shirt and told him to get dressed and to get out.
Victoria wasn’t keen on having any long-term boyfriends and only
opened herself up to a one night stand when she felt her needs
weren’t being tended to.
    She was cut throat in every
aspect of her life and always remained tight-lipped about work and
family matters. She would stab her own mother in the back if it
meant that she could get a promotion at work. A promotion was all
she saw and that was the target of her work ambitions. She didn’t
want love and only barely wanted sex when it was convenient for
her.
    She was raised an only child and
she learned from an early age to accept the limitations of men and
their weaknesses. She witnessed her father cheating on her mother
when she was a teenager. When she confronted her mother about it,
she was told to keep her mouth shut.
    Victoria ushered the young man
out of her apartment and sighed deeply as she told him, “Oh, just
get out already.”
    “But, I don’t even know your
name.”
    “It’s better this way; now make
yourself scarce.”
    Victoria pushed him out of her
door and locked it behind him. She wanted to relax in a steamy
bath, read a book and enjoy her day off.
    She always said that she played
as hard as she worked and didn’t want the hassle of a commitment
with anyone. She picked up her favorite romance book and her silky
white bathrobe and headed to the bathroom. She turned the handle to
run some hot water and slid into its warmth.
    Immersing herself into the
water, Victoria sat up a little and cracked open her steamy romance
novel. She was getting to the good part and had to know more about
the sexcapades that the lead character had gotten herself into.
Much like her once a month visits to the top floor of the B&T
building, Victoria allotted herself a certain amount of steamy
baths per month. They were refreshing, for sure, but she was
positive that doing it more than several times a month would cause
her to lose her edge.
    On Monday, both ladies
reconvened business at the office and were dedicated to their
missions at hand. Victoria had concentrated her efforts on finding
the secrets of Fassett & Lews, while Michelle focused on the
indiscretions of The Governor.
    Michelle walked down to
Victoria’s office and interrupted Matt.
    “What’s your boss doing? Does
she have a minute?”
    “Sure, just let me tell her
you’re here.”
    He buzzed over the intercom and
said, “Ms. Mayor is here to see you.”
    “Please show her in.”
    He arose from his chair and
opened the door for Michelle to walk in. Before turning around to
leave, he said, “Do you need anything, ladies?”
    After a resounding “no” from
both Michelle and Victoria, Matthew left the room and closed the
door behind himself.
    “What can I do for you,
Michelle?”
    “You know those ritzy parties
that your parents throw in order to do fundraising with