Book 1 - Active Trust Read Online Free

your services.”
    Mrs. McBride left the large
building and entered into a waiting black car. The car sped off and
Michelle eagerly awaited the afternoon hours so that she could
learn what Chase was able to find out so quickly.
    She texted Chase and said, “You
work quickly; I like that.”
    Michelle got into the elevator
with her laptop in her leather carrying case and went to Mugs. It
was too early for Chase to meet up with her, but she needed
breakfast as she skipped it in favor of rushing to the office for
her unexpected client’s visit.
    She arrived at Mugs and sat down
at a booth where she opened the lid of her laptop and began
searching for more information on The Governor and his wife. She
pulled her cell phone from her purse and made a quick call to Dr.
Francisco to give her advance warning of a possible call from a
special, high profile client.”
    The phone rang and Dr.
Francisco’s receptionist greeted her.
    “Good morning. Dr. Francisco’s
office, this is Lenora, how may I assist you today?”
    “Good morning, Lenora, this is
Michelle Mayor from Briggs & Trice. Is the good doctor in
today?”
    “She is actually out of the
office until later today, but I can take a message for you if you
would like.”
    “Sure. Please just tell her that
I have referred a high profile client for her services should she
need them and this is to be kept under her hat.”
    “I will tell her. Is there
anything else, Ms. Mayor?”
    “No, thank you. That is all. I
just wanted to make sure she had the heads up.”
    “Thank you for calling, I will
give her your message.”
    “Thank you. Goodbye.”
    She clicked “end” on her cell
phone and realized that it was still super early in the morning and
she was starting to feel hunger pangs.
    A waitress came over and said,
“Would you like some coffee, ma’am?”
    “Yes, please.”
    The waitress approached the
booth with a coffee pot in hand and poured some into the cup she’d
turned over for Michelle.
    “My name is Wanda and I will be
your server today. Do you know what you would like, sweetie, or
would you like a few minutes to decide?”
    After looking over the menu for
thirty seconds, Michelle said, “Two eggs over easy, a side of
sausage links, hash browns and wheat toast, please.”
    Wanda scribbled the order down
on her book and scurried off to the kitchen. Michelle watched as
she handed the ticket through the window into the kitchen. A hand
reached for it and placed it on the line.
    Michelle glanced down at her
watch and noticed that it was only 10:35 AM. How was she going to
burn all of those hours until she met with Chase. The anticipation
was beginning to kill her about something that Chase had obviously
found already. This had to be good news for her client, she just
knew it.
    Twenty minutes later, Wanda
bounced back over to the table with the coffee pot in one hand and
a plate in the other. She sat down the plate in front of Michelle
and refilled her coffee cup.
    “Thank you,” Michelle said,
looking ever so grateful. The feeling of being famished had set in
and she began to tear into breakfast as if there was no
tomorrow.
    “You are most certainly welcome,
sweetie. Please let me know if you need anything else.”
    She walked off and left Michelle
alone at the table to devour her breakfast. She shoveled it into
her mouth at a rapid pace, eager to get started on the day’s
work.
    After eating, she sat there
typing away on her keyboard, looking for more information on
Governor McBride. ‘Everyone has skeletons in their closet,’ she
thought as she searched Google. After Google turned up negative
things from his Democratic opposition, she began searching the
county court docket for any lawsuits or court cases.
    Her search only provided her
with one case number and she clicked the link to find that in 1992,
The Governor was involved in a car accident. It was a huge lawsuit
that netted the other party a half-million dollars. After a cursory
Google search of the