“At the moment, we know nothing about either one of them. We have people watching Bell’s home and office as well as Newsom’s home and office. I don’t know why I say this, but I doubt we’ll see activity once it gets light out. Having said that, Bell will brazen it out. Newsom, from what Maggie tells me, could very well cut and run.”

“We need them both,” Nikki said as she stared down at the pictures of the babies the others were passing around. “This is one punishment I am really looking forward to.”

The other Sisters agreed with Nikki.

“Are we going to allow Baron Bell to follow through with his Christmas party at the White House?” Isabelle asked, an innocent smile on her face.

The Sisters hooted with laughter, to Charles’s dismay. Then he remembered the discussion they’d had around midnight. He allowed a small smile to tug at the corners of his mouth. “Absolutely,” was his response.

“I just have one question,” Alexis said. “Will my Red Bag have everything I asked for?”

This time Charles offered up a full smile. “And then some!”

Yoko got up and poured fresh coffee for everyone just as Charles’s phone pinged to life. Everyone stopped what they were doing to listen to his end of the conversation. They knew immediately that Adel Newsom had just shown up at Baron Bell’s office. Not only had she shown up, she’d eluded the night guard and managed to get into Bell’s office.

“Either Adel Newsom is a very resourceful lady, or she’s one desperate lawyer. My money is on the latter,” Kathryn said.

Three hundred miles away, Adel Newsom let herself into Baron Bell’s office. She congratulated herself on her sneakiness in having made a wax impression of his office keys while Bell slept after a rousing evening of sex. She hoped that she would never have to have sex in a bathtub again. Ever.