{"id":361,"date":"2026-09-14T15:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-waitress-signed-his-contract\/chapter-2-the-pen-in-claires-pocket\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:38:01","slug":"chapter-2-the-pen-in-claires-pocket","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-2-the-pen-in-claires-pocket","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 2. THE PEN IN CLAIRES POCKET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel and Victoria continued discussing the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Claire stood nearby pretending to organize the table.<\/p>\n<p>Then Daniel received a phone call.<\/p>\n<p>He stepped away.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria followed him several feet from the table.<\/p>\n<p>Claire looked at the contract again.<\/p>\n<p>She reached into the pocket of her apron and removed a black-and-gold pen.<\/p>\n<p>Her hands trembled.<\/p>\n<p>She opened the final page.<\/p>\n<p>Then she wrote something beside one of the clauses.<\/p>\n<p>Not a signature.<\/p>\n<p>A name.<\/p>\n<p>ROBERT HALE.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel returned just as Claire closed the document.<\/p>\n<p>He looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>What are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>Victoria immediately became furious.<\/p>\n<p>She touched our contract.<\/p>\n<p>Claire stepped back.<\/p>\n<p>You need to read page fourteen before you sign.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel frowned.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria reached for the contract.<\/p>\n<p>Claire stopped her.<\/p>\n<p>Please.<\/p>\n<p>If you sign this, you lose control of your company.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>And how would a waitress know that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel and Victoria continued discussing the deal. Claire stood nearby pretending to organize the table. Then Daniel received a phone call. He stepped away. Victoria followed him several feet from the table. Claire looked at the contract again. She reached into the pocket of her apron and removed a black-and-gold pen. Her hands trembled. She [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-361","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}