The Contingency Plan (The Lonely Heart Series) by Latrivia Nelson Page A

“What’s the catch, Sully?  Outside of the gift and the situation, he must want something in return.  What is it?”
    “Maybe he wants you to come out with your pu b lic relations team real hard on this during the same time that the stories about his four baby mommas hit.”
    “And by hard, you mean what?”
    “News releases, air time and a few print media pieces.  I have it on good authority that the organiz a tion is going to announce you as the new prez next week.  You’ll be all over the papers.  One of the youngest major non-profit leaders in the city.  The media will eat it up if you’re tied to Dane’s story.  You could single handedly turn this around by pubbing the one-million dollar gift and using it as a call to action for others.  Plus, he’d be in your debt forever, and he’s a good guy to have in your corner.  He knows ever y one.  Can you imagine having him call and ask for money on behalf of you and your organization?  Who would say no to him? He’s New York’s golden boy. He’s like one of the freaking Yankees.”
    Charlie sucked her teeth. “I can’t say yes to this without talking to my board.  They need to be aware of the fact that this gift comes with a serious, dark-ass shadow.  They may not want it considering the bad press that might be attached to it.  Bad press with the gift means bad press attached to Sophie’s Choice, and we’ve worked too hard for that to happen.   If it were any other guy, it might not be a big deal, but Dane has branded himself as the face of the new billionaire.  Everyone loves him because he pulled himself out of poverty and turned himself into what he is.  I have saints who give one million without any bad press.”
    Sully knew where she was going with this.  Raising his hand, he picked up his phone and stood up from the table. “Give me a minute.”
    As she watched him walk away, she sank down into the booth.  Was she really possibly turning down one million dollars?  Was she freaking crazy?  Still with what Dane was attaching to the gift, she had to push for more.   
    Sully returned quickly and slid back into the booth.  “Two million dollars today .  We want you to break the news as soon as we give you the nod.  Now, we know your public relations team is on point and the news will break about the women here first because all four women are here in New York.”
    “Oh shit,” Charlie said, scratching her head.  “How old are they?”
    “One Cuban, one African-American, one Italian and one screaming Irish redhead.  All of them are around 25. Two of them got pregnant on the same night, nearly at the same time .”
    Charlie was lost for words.  Gawking, she coughed out, “How is that even possible?” Suddenly, she couldn’t breathe as she tried to push out the image of Dane screwing like a wild animal in some high-end hotel room. 
    “Should I even give you the details?” Sully asked with a naughty smile. 
    Charlie exhaled loudly. “ Unfortunately , since we are taking a gift as a result of the details, then yes.  I guess that I’ll just have to hear about it.  Besides, I would hate to hear it on E! later.”
    “You have a point.  Okay.  Dane has a bit of freak in him.  I call it the celebrity syndrome.  You see, he can’t just have sex with one woman.  In fact, som e times, he can’t just have sex with just two women.  It started when he played ball in college and was intr o duced to the whole group thing, and basically, it just never went away.  Unfortunately, with situations such as these, the byproduct of a threesome can be…kids.  Plural.”
    “But how did he impregnate two women at one time?” Charlie grilled. 
    “Oh, it wasn’t at the same time.  It was the same night, different session, same girls, just different rotation.”
    “Well, that’s simple enough,” she said sarcastica l ly. 
    “I thought you’d understand,” Sully said with a chuckle.  She was taking it better than he