Ellis POV

I sat in the executive chair in the office, getting work done as well as I could under the circumstances. Even with the new legal troubles, some things never changed.

“And tell them if they don’t they will have to answer to me,” I said.

“Got it,” my project manager, William, said, looking a little shaken.

Handling contractors came with the job, and was mostly a matter of patience, and being commanding. Much the same as handling a child having a ...