<p class="excerpttext">&#8220;Of course not. I was counting on you to help me.&#8221; </p>
<p class="excerpttext">And he knew that he had no intention of getting involved in this woman&#8217;s melodrama. He was about to do something he hadn&#8217;t done in a long while. He was going to turn down a client.</p>
<p class="excerpttext">&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, Ms. Hicks, but I&#8217;m not sure what I can do for you. I&#8217;m about to go on vacation.&#8221; It wasn&#8217;t a total lie. One day off counted as a v