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leap. I wanted a safety net…and that net
had always been Nat. Love with him was safer and expected. I wanted to cry. Why
did Nat have to go missing? I loved him more than I’ve ever loved a man, but
now with Drew always around me, having been my hero so many times…I can’t help
having strong intense feelings for him, too.
     
    *****
     
    The
door of the elevator opened just in time for me to walk out and seek a far
enough distance from Drew. He was temptation…especially one I could not fall
for in the midst of the security team we were supposed to be working closely
with to help get Nat and Mr. Donovan safely back.
    Drew
looked a little hurt as he noticed me stepping away from him, creating a
distance between us. He didn’t have time to say anything though as Timothy
Childs, one of the executives I met last time came up to us and shook our
hands. Tim, a man in his early 40s with dark wavy hair and grey eyes, talked to
Drew for a bit before he turned to me. “Summer,” he said. “How’s everything?
I’m glad you and Drew took down Sloane, but anything else came up?”
    I
shook my head.  I haven’t been looking nor have I been on the computer much.
Since Nat’s news, I was fortunate enough for Astor and sometimes a few other
actors Astor rung up to help teach and run the academy. “I tried to avoid
looking. I’ve been too much of a wreck these past couple of weeks. So I
couldn’t really tell you if anything came up,” I answered truthfully.
    “That’s
perfectly fine,” Tim said. “In fact, we don’t want you to look at any of that.
Before Nat left, he had us set up a monitoring system and also a team who
manually went in and address any of that, including taking legal action when we
have to…all without you needing to get involved.”
    My
mouth flew open in astonishment. “Wow, I never even knew.”
    “That’s
what we do,” Tim said. “Especially since Nat was so behind it, you’re one of
our priorities.”
    “I
wouldn’t be surprise,” Drew said walking up to me and putting his arm around my
shoulders to lead me over to a group of people, with Tim following. “Summer,”
Drew said, friendly and confidently, “I want you to meet the team who is
working on international assignments. Top secret highly-classified stuff.”
    My
eyes flew up, realizing how complex Donovan Dynamics really was. Nat did
mention to me that they received lots of contracts from the U.S. government and
maybe even from other countries. Mr. Donovan had truly built up one of the most
impressive internet and intelligence companies I’ve ever seen. I didn’t even
think there were any companies out there that could compare to what they could
do. No wonder why it was a multi-billion dollars corporation.
    But
did they have what it takes to get Nat and Mr. Donovan their founders back?
    Drew
led me into a conference room that looked like any conference rooms I’ve seen
on television.  A basic meeting room with tinted glass walls, a large round
table in the middle, a white board in front, and a small bar in the back.
Nothing too fancy nor too plain. When I walked into the room, the five people
sitting around the table stood up.
    I
glanced over at Drew, and he had a straight business-like face on, completely
different than I’ve ever seen him. “Gentlemen and ladies…” he nodded at some
men in their early forties and fifties wearing dark suits and a woman in her
late thirties or early forties with sleek auburn hair to her shoulders, red
lips, and a grey skirt suit. “This is Summer Jones.”
    “Hello,”
I said, feeling self-conscious amongst this group of distinguished-looking
people. They all looked like they could be my professors at USC. My hands automatically
went to straighten my skirt, but Drew came over, put one arm around my waist
and led me to meet and greet each person.
    “Summer,”
he said, “This is Kevin Soboski, Director of International Operations,” he said
in front of a large man with brown cropped