about Nate?"
"Wait for him to crash and burn." Sloane smiled vindictively. "We both know Geraldine will get bored with him eventually and dump him. I won't be around when he comes crawling back. I deserve better."
"Yes, you do." Candice nodded thoughtfully. It was good to see her baby sister finally realizing her potential when it came to men. Sloane always went for the good looking guys who treated her like crap. "Okay, so be honest, there's never been anything with Jason?"
"He's gay!"
Candice flung her head back and laughed. She glanced at the clock. It was nearing two in the morning. It was too late to get into her suspicions about Jason. She yawned and stood. "You staying tonight?"
"Yeah, if you don't mind."
"No, of course not."
Sloane stood and once again hugged Candice. "Thanks, sis, love you."
"Love you, too."
CHAPTER NINE
Sloane awoke with a headache, but she felt good. Last night she and Candice had come up with a plan to manage themselves. Today they were going to put that plan into action. The first stop: the bank to have Geraldine removed from all their accounts. As Sloane got out of bed, her cell phone rang. She picked it up. "Hey, Jason, how's it going?"
"Well, you sound chipper this morning," he said. "I take it things went well with Nate last night and you got yourself some wild make up sex."
"No." Sloane took a deep breath and explained the events of last night to him, everything from the moment she left Jason's house up to and through the late night talking with Candice. "So," she said, taking a short pause, "we're going to manage ourselves, and we might need your expertise." On the other end of the line she swore she heard Jason clapping. It made her laugh.
"I'm proud of you for standing up for yourself, Sloane. And I will do whatever I can to help you."
"Thanks, Jason. Okay, well, I gotta get going. We have to get to the bank." Sloane disconnected the call and made her way toward the shower. Candice had left early to file the paper with the college's judicial review board, and Sloane had promised to meet her at the bank. If she didn't hurry, she'd be late.
*****
An hour later, Sloane and Candice were sitting inside the branch manager's office of the bank. They both were stunned speechless. "I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" Sloane asked.
"Geraldine Parker was here this morning. She made a large withdraw, leaving the business account with less than twenty dollars in it," the man said, folding his arms on his desk.
"Why? I mean…how did this happen? Aren't there safeguards in place to prevent any one of us from draining the account? I thought there had to be two signatures for every transaction," Candice said.
"Let me check."
Sloane and Candice shared a look of disbelief as the manager pounded away on his keyboard. Sloane's stomach was in knots, worse than it had been right after she'd fired Geraldine.
"Yes, it appears as though Ms. Parker came in two weeks ago and changed the authorized signers on the account." He fell silent for a moment and studied his computer screen. "She added a gentleman by the name of Nate Banks. He's listed as the manager to Sloane Parker."
"He's not my manager," Sloane said.
"So, you're telling us that the account is empty," Candice said.
"Yes, that's correct. But your line of credit attached to the account is still in good standing, and your Centurion cards are usable."
"But…how…I can't believe—" Candice put her hand on Sloane's arm to silence her.
"Thank you, Mr. Jenson." Candice stood. "Come on,
"Wait for him to crash and burn." Sloane smiled vindictively. "We both know Geraldine will get bored with him eventually and dump him. I won't be around when he comes crawling back. I deserve better."
"Yes, you do." Candice nodded thoughtfully. It was good to see her baby sister finally realizing her potential when it came to men. Sloane always went for the good looking guys who treated her like crap. "Okay, so be honest, there's never been anything with Jason?"
"He's gay!"
Candice flung her head back and laughed. She glanced at the clock. It was nearing two in the morning. It was too late to get into her suspicions about Jason. She yawned and stood. "You staying tonight?"
"Yeah, if you don't mind."
"No, of course not."
Sloane stood and once again hugged Candice. "Thanks, sis, love you."
"Love you, too."
CHAPTER NINE
Sloane awoke with a headache, but she felt good. Last night she and Candice had come up with a plan to manage themselves. Today they were going to put that plan into action. The first stop: the bank to have Geraldine removed from all their accounts. As Sloane got out of bed, her cell phone rang. She picked it up. "Hey, Jason, how's it going?"
"Well, you sound chipper this morning," he said. "I take it things went well with Nate last night and you got yourself some wild make up sex."
"No." Sloane took a deep breath and explained the events of last night to him, everything from the moment she left Jason's house up to and through the late night talking with Candice. "So," she said, taking a short pause, "we're going to manage ourselves, and we might need your expertise." On the other end of the line she swore she heard Jason clapping. It made her laugh.
"I'm proud of you for standing up for yourself, Sloane. And I will do whatever I can to help you."
"Thanks, Jason. Okay, well, I gotta get going. We have to get to the bank." Sloane disconnected the call and made her way toward the shower. Candice had left early to file the paper with the college's judicial review board, and Sloane had promised to meet her at the bank. If she didn't hurry, she'd be late.
*****
An hour later, Sloane and Candice were sitting inside the branch manager's office of the bank. They both were stunned speechless. "I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" Sloane asked.
"Geraldine Parker was here this morning. She made a large withdraw, leaving the business account with less than twenty dollars in it," the man said, folding his arms on his desk.
"Why? I mean…how did this happen? Aren't there safeguards in place to prevent any one of us from draining the account? I thought there had to be two signatures for every transaction," Candice said.
"Let me check."
Sloane and Candice shared a look of disbelief as the manager pounded away on his keyboard. Sloane's stomach was in knots, worse than it had been right after she'd fired Geraldine.
"Yes, it appears as though Ms. Parker came in two weeks ago and changed the authorized signers on the account." He fell silent for a moment and studied his computer screen. "She added a gentleman by the name of Nate Banks. He's listed as the manager to Sloane Parker."
"He's not my manager," Sloane said.
"So, you're telling us that the account is empty," Candice said.
"Yes, that's correct. But your line of credit attached to the account is still in good standing, and your Centurion cards are usable."
"But…how…I can't believe—" Candice put her hand on Sloane's arm to silence her.
"Thank you, Mr. Jenson." Candice stood. "Come on,
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