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“Money,” he said. “It’s always about money.”
“Do you want me to go hide?” she asked, frowning. “She doesn’t know about me.”
“Nope,” he said. “I want you to stay. You can witness this. But it won’t be pretty.”
His mother didn’t know a thing about Sage. He expected this visit to get explosive.
Nope, he was planning on it.
He wanted this done with and in the process it would air everything out for Sage.
Maybe there was this tiny bit of hope that she’d see what he’d been going through and why he kept this part a secret.
The other part knew he was in for another hiccup with his girlfriend, but it was best to do it now.
He didn’t even let his mother get to the door and ring the bell before he opened it. “What are you doing here?”
“Aren’t you going to let me in?” his mother asked. “I’ve been on the road since before the crack of dawn.”
He held the door open wider. “You could have let me know you were coming,” he said.
“You wouldn’t have answered my calls or texts and you know it,” his mother said. “And if I said I was coming you’d say you were out of town or make sure you weren’t here.”
“You’re lucky that I was. I’m not normally.”
“You never do anything on the weekends. You’re a loner like your father was.”
Starting in insulting his father already.
Sage cleared her throat and his mother turned. “Hello,” she said. “I’m Sage Mancini. Knox’s girlfriend. I’m not sure I’d say he was a loner as most times we are together on the weekends but not always here.”
His mother turned her head sharply and looked at him while she took her jacket off. Looks as if she was going to stay. Or thought she was.
“You didn’t tell me you had a girlfriend.”
“Nope,” he said. “I don’t share too much with you. Why bother?”
“Because I’m your mother.”
“Mom,” he said. “Just tell me why you’re here so we can get this over with.”
“Shane and I split and I’m behind on my mortgage.”
He let out a snort. “You’ve been in that house for what? Five years. And you’ve been single in that time too but had Shane living with you. I’m not buying it.”
“Come on,” his mother said. “You’ve got millions from your father. It’s nothing for you to pay off my house.”
He turned and looked at Sage. She wasn’t saying anything, just watching. For all he knew she could just assume it was from his father’s life insurance and the properties and nothing else.
“Why would I pay off your house for you?” he asked. “It was Dad’s money. Not yours. You got everything coming to you back then and you know it. Probably more than you should have, all things considered.”
“It’s not fair. He won that money. Of course now that you’ve got a girlfriend maybe she thinks she is going to latch on and get some of it.”
“Don’t look at me,” Sage said. “I can take care of myself. I don’t need anyone’s money.”
“Says no woman ever,” his mother said. “Don’t believe her. Everyone is the same. Everyone lies.”
“Not as much as you,” he said. “And I believe everything Sage says.”
