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West always knew the right things to say. “Just got to make sure Thomas knows those things.”
“Is he giving you a hard time?” West asked.
“Nope. Nothing I can’t handle. Forget I said it.”
He left after that and went to his office only to see Thomas standing in the hallway waiting for him.
“It’s about time you got here. Or are you still on holiday time?”
“I’ve been here for over thirty minutes meeting with West,” he said. “Is there something you need?”
“Your stuff wasn’t in your office,” Thomas said. “Or I would have known you were here.”
He’d come in and saw West’s light on and went straight there with his bag and jacket on.
“Do you normally go through my office?” he asked.
Thomas flushed. “No. Your light wasn’t on and your stuff was not here. I assumed you were still enjoying time with your girlfriend.”
It was the way Thomas said “girlfriend” that got to him.
Thomas was annoyed for some reason when he found out about Lily. Then he’d made comments about her being young and probably using him.
Not words to Braylon’s face, but to other people in the department. It got back to him.
He kept his mouth shut and didn’t say a word to anyone about what he’d heard.
He’d bide his time if he had to.
“You assumed wrong,” he said, walking into his office, flipping on the light, taking his jacket off and hanging it up behind the door, then putting his bag on his desk. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a call to make first. I’ll be ready for our meeting in thirty minutes unless you need something right now that can’t wait?”
“No,” Thomas said. “It can wait.”
He watched the older man leave his office.
Braylon hated to feel like he was always being watched.
He shut his door and picked up his phone. He had to call his mother first.
“Morning,” his mother said. “How was your holiday? I didn’t want to bother you while you were gone.”
His mother had texted him on Thanksgiving Day, but that was it. He knew she was busy cooking and visiting with her kids.
“It was good,” he said. “Lily’s sister and her family are great. She goes by Lily at home.”
“You didn’t know this?” his mother asked.
“Nope. Her niece called her it first and then let it slip she always went by Lily and changed it to sound more professional.”
“I could understand that,” his mother said. “It’s just a name.”
He could see where it might not be just a name though. “Most likely,” he said because it was easier to agree. “But I’m calling her Lily now. It fits her better. Especially seeing her around her family. She said those closest to her call her Lily.”
“Which would be you,” his mother said.
“I love her. I’d consider that close,” he said.
He heard his mother laugh. “When do I get to meet Lily now?”
