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so I’ll be there soon.”  He hung up.
    I tried to straighten myself a bit, I hadn’t realized I was so rumpled.  I unrolled my shirt sleeves, refastened the top two buttons at my neck, straightened my tie and then grabbed my suit jacket.  A bit straighter than I was, I made sure everything was switched off, then collected my belongings and flicked off the lights before I locked the office doors.
    Standing in the elevator, I smiled as I remembered the journey I’d taken this morning in the same elevator.  The journey that had changed what I wanted out of life.  Lily.
    I sighed , stepping from the elevator and made my way outside to find George, who was standing at the side of the car with a huge grin on his face. His expression didn’t waver as I walked closer.  I returned his grin when I realized his body was there, but his mind was most certainly elsewhere.  “I gather you had a good day.” I smirked.
    “Oh yes….” H e blushed. “I mean, an interesting day.”
    I laughed. My chauffeur was embarrassed.
    “ You’re not the only one to have one of those days.”  He raised an eyebrow in question.  “Don’t ask.”
    S itting back in the car, I watched as George drove out of the city to my home.  My home was secluded and approximately twenty minutes from where the McKenzie building was located downtown.
    I had drawn up the design myself and had it built by McKenzie Holdings, moving in as soon as construction was complete. That was four years ago.
    It was my domain , my space, and no one uninvited was welcome.  Needless to say, I never had a woman, other than my mother, inside the walls.
    On the outside , my home looked like a large rustic log cabin, but inside it was anything but rustic.  I loved my comforts and if they included every modern convenience, like my large flat screen television that on the odd occasion, I’d been known to kick back in front of with my brothers to watch a game or two, then so be it.
    George opened the door for me, which was odd.  I climbed out and scowled at him.
    “We’ re home now, and I figured since you’ve been sitting in the back while I’ve been parked for five minutes already, you might need a reminder on how to open the door.”
    I laugh ed.  “Well, thanks for that George.  I’m a bit distracted.”
    He looked at me and then the light seemed to go on in that head of his.  “Ah, a woman.  I don’t think I’ve ever known you to be distracted with a woman before.  Anyone I know?”
    “No .  She’s my new assistant.”  I growled out.
    George seemed startled. “Oh.”
    I sigh ed.  “Exactly.”
    “ I see the problem.”  He chuckled and climbed back into the car.  George lived on my land in a small two bedroom cabin about ten minutes walk from the main house. It was part and parcel of the job of being my chauffeur.
    I walked inside and placed everything on the table in the entrance hall, which included my jacket and tie, then walked into ‘the cave’, as my mother liked to call it.  It had shelves of books, a large desk with the newest in Apple technology and what I desperately needed right now – alcohol.
    With a whisk ey poured, I sat at my desk in the dark and wondered what Lily was doing.  I wondered if her bastard of a boyfriend was trying to worm his way back into her good graces or if he was still being an ass.  I wanted nothing more than for Lily to be with me, which was stupid, considering I’d known her less than twenty-four hours.  I found myself looking forward to tomorrow, and it actually had nothing to do with work.
    My cell started to ring as I was about to take a drink of the whiskey.  I placed the glass into my left hand and answered on the third jingle.  “Hello, McKenzie.”
    “Mr McKenzie, it’s Derek,” he said nervously.
    Derek was the man I’ d asked to find out what he could about why Lily had lost her job and David hadn’t.  “I know who you are.  Have you found out anything?”
    “I overheard a