Chapter 52. Deal or No Deal?

“She’s calling your bluff,” said David Archer, Kane’s attorney who drafted the NDA that Serena signed when she came to live in the Beaumont mansion.

“What is she saying?” Kane asked.

“She said the NDA does not stop her from writing a book and it’s simply an attempt by you to silence her and take away her freedom of speech.”

“Does she have a point?”

“She does.”

“How so?”

“The agreement does not specifically say that she cannot write a book about her experience in the mansion, it simply restricts her from saying anything about her relationship with you.”

“Damn! Why didn’t you foresee this?”

“I apologize for the oversight but I never thought the situation would drag on this long, let alone become the subject of a tell-all book.”

“So, are you saying that we can’t stop her from writing the book?”

“We can issue a cease-and-desist warning, threaten her with a libel suit, or get ahead of her and issue a press release to notify the