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"So what you are saying is we need to tighten our security?" Anita asked as they used the elevator up to the office.

"Yes, grandma and honestly I don't know why you insisted on coming to the office when you should be resting," he said.

"This meeting is important and u want to be by you when we hit the big deal," Anita said.

"It isn't as though I can't handle this by myself ma" he stopped to face her.

"I know that, I would love to see you seal the deal, I trust you wholeheartedly but I still can't be home all fat Ryan please I wouldn't come for the next one," she said

"You keep saying that Grandma but always find your way to the office"

"Okay fine, I miss working, I don't have many friends, most of my friends are shoppers and you know how shopping irks me" she explain and he laughed because of all the women he knew his grandmother was a rare one.

She would rather bury herself in work than go out shopping on sprees.

She could have coffee and tea with the few socially elite women she kn
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