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did some serious thinking while she was at home. Harry scoured all her contracts down to the last detail. There were less than six weeks left of filming on Hunt for Life . She would fulfill her commitment to the show without working for Terrance. The time to move on arrived.
    “Talk to me, Emma. You’re lost in your head again.”
    “I hate leaving things like this.” She held her hand up to stop his imminent protest. “Let me finish.” He nodded with a tight-lipped smile. “Irene has never been fond of me. Some things happened between us, things you aren’t aware of. When she fired me, I wasn’t sure what to think. I love you and Lydia and will always cherish the time I worked for you, but I think now is the time for me to move on.”
    “You can’t. We have a contract.”
    Emma furrowed her brow. “Are you telling me I’m not fired?”
    “Of course you’re not fired. You’ve done more in your position in the last five years than your predecessor did in twenty. You can take as much time off as you’d like. I know how much Mick and Harry must need you now.”
    Emma shook her head in disbelief. She had made her decision to take Aaron Russell’s offer. Life at Hunt was her past.
    “If I’m not fired, then I resign.”
    “Emma, that is just not possible. Legally speaking, you have certain obligations.”
    Some nerve. Emma knew Terrance was a cutthroat businessman when he needed to be, but this was ridiculous. “You’re seriously talking to me about contracts right now?”
    “You are what is best for my company. I need you with me. Why do you think I gave you all those perks when you renegotiated your contract?”
    “Perks? More money, a car when I already had a company driver, two weeks vacations that I hardly ever took because I worked fifteen hour days. Those perks?”
    “Well . . .” Terrance seemed a bit flustered. She didn’t mean to seem ungrateful, but she was well within her rights to quit.
    “Just a minute.” Emma stood and walked to the door. She opened it and called for Harry. He came in and Emma took her seat once again. “Harry, as my attorney, can you explain to Mr. Hunt why I am well within my rights to resign from my position at Hunt Consolidated if I choose?”
    “Mr. Hunt, according to Emma’s employment contact, she can resign her position at Hunt Consolidated if she agrees to not take employment at a competitor for five years. Currently, Emma is considering employment at a company that would not fall into the competitor category. Therefore, she is well within her rights to terminate her contract with Hunt.”
    Emma smiled at her big brother. He nodded at her then gave her a wink.
    “My lawyers will need to examine your contract. I don’t want to let you go, Emma. I’m sorry, but if it comes down to it, I will fight for you.”
    Emma got a tiny thrill thinking of Terrance fighting for her, but her mind was made up. “We’ll be ready.”

    One way to survive an event where the whole town is involved is to have a De Lacy by your side. Emma couldn’t find Nell and Annie was glued to Harry’s side, so Emma chose to hang out with the youngest De Lacy, Seamus.
    The two huddled together in the corner of the MacLean living room in an attempt to avoid all the mourners, but with a camera crew watching her every move, it was a little hard to do.
    “No more LA then?” Seamus asked and casually slung his arm around Emma’s shoulder.
    “Nope,” she answered the twenty-year-old younger brother of her dreams.
    “Bummer. I really loved that pool at your apartment.” Seamus took a drink from the bottle he’d been sipping on then wiped some liquid from the red scruff on his chin.
    “You just like my neighbor’s daughter prancing around in her bikini.”
    Seamus quirked one side of his mouth up in a half smirk and shrugged his shoulder. “Guilty. I like hot babes. I can’t have you, so I gotta look somewhere.”
    “What about your friend? What’s her name?”
    “You mean