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Janessa. You need to store up your armor and put on a stone cold façade. Got it?”
    “Yeah.” His shoulders strengthen and I hold in a sigh of relief, my job is a lot harder when the client doesn’t back up my power play. “Let’s do this. I want it done and over with.”
    I grab my files and we walk to the conference room where Janessa is seated with her attorney. She has her patented bitch face on, but I suspect some of that is permanent from too much Botox. Her clothes are ridiculous—leather and leopard—her blonde hair curled and puffed up like she just walked off the set of Pretty in Pink . Her attorney, however, looks like a frightened little boy and I give myself an internal fist bump for succeeding in making him cower before me.
    I take my seat at the table and glance over at David as he does the same. His face has softened the tiniest amount, so I slap a folder down on the table, drawing his attention. My eyes narrow and his face hardens once again, returning to face the greedy, airhead across from him. Janessa is an idiot in most regards, but when it comes to David, she knows the weapons she wields to get to him and I don’t want him displaying even the minutest indication that she has any leverage at this negotiation.
    I place a recorder on the table and give the necessary spiels required to avoid lawsuits. Then we get down to business. After two hours, we’ve hammered out a settlement that is highly in David’s favor, leaving Janessa seething with rage. The last point of contention is the custody arrangement. Currently, their two-year-old little boy, Jacob, lives with David full-time, and sees Janessa on the weekends. Well, the few weekends that she doesn’t cancel. I’m confident that she has no desire to be tied down with being her son’s permanent residency and David has no desire to keep her from Jacob. Piece of cake.
    I should have known better. Janessa decides to take this moment to stab David with a proverbial knife and twist it around in his gut to create as much pain as possible.
    “I’ve filed for full custody of Jakey,” Janessa purrs, satisfaction oozing on her words. “I don’t think you can properly care for our son with how much you travel.”
    Her eyes widen in practiced innocence.
    Oh for the love of…
    I just barely resist the need to roll my eyes.
    “Besides, all that partying you baseball players do… the drugs and liquor and women. That’s just such a bad influence on my Jakey.”
    Ew.
    She’s making me nauseous with her syrup covered bullshit.
    “What?” David yells, jumping to his feet. “You know my life is nothing like that!”
    Fuck.
    I grab his arm and wrestle him back into his seat, giving him a warning stare. I raise my brows in silent question about whether or not he is going to calm down and let me do my job. I’m itching to bitch slap this hoe up and down the miracle mile, but there are better ways to go about it getting the same result. Her destruction.
    He jerks his head up and down and stays silent, but he’s panting out harsh breaths, attempting to cool down. I return my eyes to Janessa, giving her my best withering stare. She shrinks back for a second, then seems to notice her retreat and sits up tall, a sinister smile stretching, what I can only assume are helium filled lips.
    “I’ve got affidavits from some of the men on your team, backing me up.”
    Guys she fucked around with, no doubt.
    Despite my best efforts, anger begins to wiggle its way past my barriers. The lies will be harder to deal with, but not impossible. I’ve already got a file full of proof that she is an unfit mother. The problem will be keeping the kid out of foster care if these two go after each other and neither one comes out looking like a responsible adult.
    Janessa stands up and places her palms on the table, leaning forward so that the water balloons on her chest wiggle and almost pop out of her low-cut, skin-tight, leather dress. “I want half of everything, or