Helena was pacing Anne's office. Only a day was left and Dawn hadn't withdrawn neither the defamation case nor the one she had slapped for Starfish Refineries. She was muttering curses and innuendos under her breath. "You couldn't even convince that girl to withdraw the lawsuits? What the hell have you been doing all this time? I have left the home in order to convince her that she was safe and secure with you and yet you didn't make her feel like that? Damn it! Anne, how incapable you are?"
"That's utter nonsense!" Anne pounded the table, feeling as agitated as Helena was. "I visited her office yesterday and she assured me that she would withdraw. What else do you think I can do? Gut her intestines out and strangle her with those?"
