CHAPTER 38 DEATH LETTER
DEATH LETTER
Liv
Following the months of managing Phoenix’s correspondence after his accident, Liv continued the job once he’d returned to work.
She read his emails and letters and listened to his voicemails, saving only those that required his personal attention.
The rest, she’d summarize during their weekly one-on-one meetings.
The first inkling Liv had that Orchid was trying to reach him was when she borrowed Phoenix’s cell phone while he was in a meeting, intending to download the most recent security updates.
A text? It was cryptic and short.
Liv’s eyes narrow with suspicion. What good could come of this woman who had abandoned Phoenix? He deserves better. In line with hiding Orchid’s photo, filled with a sense of justice, Liv blocked all calls and messages from a certain Orchid Paige.
When Phoenix stopped by to retrieve his phone, he mentioned the message to Liv with a wry twist of his mouth. “Orchid texted me last night,” he said, slipping the slender device into his shirt pocket.
“What do you think she wants?” Liv asked, nonchalantly continuing her task of zipping open envelopes.
“I don’t know. I’m not planning to reply to her.”
Liv nodded, feeling vindicated.
A day later, an email arrived from Orchid Paige.
Liv’s finger jabbed enter to open the email, then sprang back as if the keyboard were sullied by the vicious woman who dared contact her boss.
Phoenix,
I saw Caleb. Please call me.
She jammed delete with satisfaction. A quick search yielded the steps to block emails from a specific address. He’d do the same thing if he only thought to protect himself.