Chapter 125: Knocking Slowly

Laura She was silent for a moment, considering her words carefully. “Well, what did Richard say?” I sighed, running a hand through my hair. “He didn’t say much. He's just trying to act right now. It's not his fault. I mean, I get it. Most of the calls his old agent had been taking, he had to go through all of them and then turn them over to me. Turns out the old fat blob of melted ice cream had been cheating him. Yeah, in fact, off the next job he was supposed to do, he told Richard that he was going to get 2 million when, in fact, that mad melted blob of ice cream told the people he was going to be working with that he was going to negotiate for 10 million. What was he planning to do with the remaining? I don't know. Most likely gamble everything away in Las Vegas.” I rolled my eyes, feeling a surge of anger as I began to clench my fists until my fingernails began to dig into my flesh. “Oh my God. Did you really negotiate?” she asked me, worry in her eyes. “I mean, I'm trying. The