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Callahan asked after a quick glance at Lulu. Lulu sat in her chair
looking strained.
    Lulu
took a deep breath and exhaled slowly as she said, “Danny Miller’s ex-wife,
Summer, is a friend of mine. When Danny kicked her out of the house, I took her
in and helped her get a lawyer. She’d been married to him for eight years and
he treated her like dirt. I told her not to marry him. He’s a jackass on the
air and a jackass in his personal life.”
    “Didn’t
he try to sue you,” Mark said, “for wrongful termination?
    This
man knew a lot about a case he’d kept out of court. “Where are you getting all
this information?” Wilder asked curiously. He had kept much of that out of the
mainstream news.
    “I
read the blogs, Dude. Don’t you? This guy has threatened you physically? He
says he’s been blacklisted by you and he can’t get a job anywhere with
anybody.”
    Wilder
inclined his head to Lulu. “That wasn’t exactly my doing.”
    Lulu
grinned. “When he called me a ‘fat bitch’ my fans did a massive write in
campaign to every station he applied to. They were very vocal about boycotting
their sponsors should anyone hire Danny.”
    Noah
took a deep breath. “You don’t seem too sad about it.”
    Lulu
put a hand over her heart. “I’m devastated. I’m fat and sometimes a little bitchy,
but I’m a fat bitch with money and a loyal fan base with exceptional writing
skills. That equals a lot of power in this business. You shouldn’t pick on me. Besides,
I did help him get a job in some little town in Texas where he can’t bother too
many people. After all, he has child-support payments to make.”
    Wilder
didn’t like Lulu when she talked like this. “Lulu--”
    “It’s
okay Wilder. I’m grownup. I can handle the truth.”
    Her
ability to be so pragmatic always irritated him. “Lulu, I told you I don’t like
negative self-talk.”
    “Have
you been reading my psych books again?” She’d minored in psychology in college.
    “Shit,
Lulu,” Wilder said. Suddenly he felt beyond tired. He wanted to put his head
down on his desk and sleep for a week. Would this situation never end ?
    “Back
to business rivals?” Callahan said.
    He
liked the way Callahan could derail Lulu. “The usual suspects,” Wilder said
wearily. “Everyone is treading water right now wondering when the economy is
going to get back on its feet.”
    “But
you just bought a satellite,” Noah said.
    Wilder
smiled. “I didn’t buy a satellite; I ordered one and paid for it to be built. After
the disgraceful way London Media has conducted business, hacking into my
personal phone line and the personal phone lines of a number of my staff I
decided to build my own communications satellite for the use of all my
companies and my employees. I do not want my business phone calls being hacked
and my personal information being stolen again.”
    “Thank
the Lord, you’re so boring, Wilder,” Lulu said.
    “That’s
not the point, Lulu,” Wilder said.
    “Don’t
get all in a twist. I said it with love.”
    Wilder
wanted to tell her to stop being childish, but would never do so in front of
Callahan and his people. He knew she needed to be snarky so she wouldn’t be
scared. “Back to the situation at hand, I’ve filed suit against them. When I’m
done, I’ll own them.
    “That’s
quite an undertaking.” Callahan looked impressed. “So I think we need to put Nigel
Davenport and probably his whole Boards of Directors for London Media at the
head of the list of people who don’t like you.”
    Wilder
only nodded. “I think Nigel Davenport doesn’t have the stones to face me in
court, but he is angry enough to want to settle this with a bullet.”
    “Dude,”
Mark piped up, “If you ever need someone to consult on how to create an
unbreakable encryption, I’m your man.”
    “You
better take him up on his offer,” Noah said, “the Geek is very, very good.” He
glanced down at his notes. “Tell me about this issue you have