Impulse: Book One
AFTER ALL IS SAID
“Impulse: A sudden inclination or urge”
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Installment Five
<span
style='font-family:Garamond'>Victoria stayed with Montgomery, Montgomery and Locke, for two more years and in
the end, had more than a few landmark cases of her own.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Litigants would quickly settle
when they found out that the great Victoria Hull would be representing the client.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Victoria had her hands in everything from
personal injury to corporate law. Her father was right. This opportunity gave her the
legitimacy that she needed.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span>On the day she was about to leave the firm, Gordon
brought her into his office.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span>He was very proud of her but he was also very concerned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>She
had become a very valuable asset to the firm.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> He’d e</span>ven
offered to make her a partner if she stayed.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>However she declined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Victoria was not the youthful, exuberant girl
that walked into the firm three years ago.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>This was a Victoria that even he wasn’t sure he could
beat if they met across in court.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><o:p></o:p></span>
<span
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<span
style='font-family:Garamond'>Her reputation entered the room well
before she was even in the building.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Once her presence was known,
all eyes waited for the attack.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span>She demanded respect and that is exactly what she
received.<o:p></o:p></span>
<span
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<span
style='font-family:Garamond'>Gordon took one last look atVictoria before he spoke, “You
know Tori? I have always thought of you as part of my
family.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span>A sentimental old man I guess.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>I had hoped that some union
would come between the Montgomerys and the Hulls. I guess for now that
dream will have to be placed on the back burner.”<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><o:p></o:p></span>
<span
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<span
style='font-family:Garamond'>He and his wife had often spoken of the
bond that his daughter Brett and Victoria had shared.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Watching his daughter waste her
time with the likes of Jenna Carlisle angered him to no end.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Although he had promised his
daughter that he would not interfere, deep down he thought he was making a big mistake by
not taking a more aggressive approach in getting Brett and Victoria together. <o:p></o:p></span>
<span
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<span
style='font-family:Garamond'>“I know that where you go now will
lead you far away from the safety that your father and I have tried to provide for you and
the rest of our children.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span>Understand this Victoria; there will come a time that this
fire I see burning deep inside of you will burn so hot that even you won’t be able to
put it out.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span>When that time comes remember your family will be waiting
here for you to welcome you home.” <o:p></o:p></span>
<span
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<span
style='font-family:Garamond'>Not one to show weakness, Victoria stood up from her chair and ignored
what Gordon was trying to tell her.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>She held her hand out,
“Thank you Gordon. It’s been a pleasure.” With that said she turned and
left without looking back.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span><o:p></o:p></span>
<span
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<span
style='font-family:Garamond'>Gordon let out a deep sigh and a deep
sadness overcame him.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span>He didn’t know what had happened to Victoria in the past few years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>He
knew that she was ambitious and very determined. But there was more to what was going on
with Tori.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>He thought about Richard and
how he had always tried to do what was best for his kids.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>But there were some things that
no matter how you tried, you couldn’t protect them from. Looking out of the window of
his office, he took in the sea of bodies that filled the streets below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>In
a world of unknown dangers and unexpected troubles, he worried about his family and the
one he found in the Hulls.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"></span>Lifting his head to the sky, he thought about the young
beauty that was taken away much too soon. “Tori’s in your hands now, Dominique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>Watch
over her and keep her safe.”<o:p></o:p></span>
TO BE
CONTINUED. Installment
Six