Valeria felt short of breath as she watched Samuel Baxter head for the elevator.

“Fucking asshole!” she cried, as tears welled up in her eyes, and Nick hugged her, trying to calm her down.

“I'm sorry, Valeria. If he had deposited the check you wouldn't have been able to take that money from him, but even so, the lawsuit was already filed,” Connor explained.

Nick tried to keep his composure for Valeria, but he was just as angry as she was.

“What are we going to do?” he asked the lawyer.

“We'