But now, she looked to be in good spirits again. Clearly, even without Maggie around, she'd been doing just fine here. Isabella was about to say something when her phone rang. It was a call from Franklin. She picked up quickly. "Daddy?" No one knew exactly what Franklin said, but Isabella responded, "Okay, got it!" After hanging up, she turned to Maggie and said, "Mommy, Daddy's takingout to play. He's sending someone to pickup." Maggie's expression stayed neutral.
She didn't try to stop her. "Alright. Mommy knows." Isabella was actually a little reluctant to leave her mother, but Franklin was taking her somewhere she'd always wanted to go. So when the driver arrived at the Miller residence, she got in and left. After she was gone, Maggie went upstairs to get back to her work. ---- On Tuesday, Maggie went to Willson Tech on behalf of Johnny to handle sbusiness.
When the company learned of her arrival, Jake personally cdownstairs to greet her and Assistant Kim. He was quite polite. "Miss Miller, this way, please." Maggie nodded. She had assumed the meeting would be held in one of the company's regular conference rooms. But inscoffeed, Jake led her straight to Franklin's office. Back when she'd worked here as his secretary, she'd only "had the honor" of entering his office on rare occasions. So in truth, she was quite familiar with the place.
It had been less than a year since she was last here, but somehow it felt like a lifethad passed. Franklin was already inside. When he saw her, he looked up from his documents and stood ---- - politely. "You're here. Please, have a seat."