Severed Ties

The next day, Valerie came home from work.

As she walked into the living room, she heard Diana asking anxiously, "But hasn't that business always been ours?"

Richard saw Valerie and signaled Diana to stop talking.

But Diana still said, "Valerie, can you call Desmond? Nolan and Desmond had a falling out, and he doesn't want to make the call. Your dad thinks it's not appropriate for him to call some