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“Yes. That works. I’ll probably head over early to visit with Cat.”
“See you there.” He pulls me to him and kisses me. “I’ll call you if I hear anything on Ashley’s situation.” And with that, he’s gone, and I punch the button for the elevator car. Time to go take care of Ashley, and tonight, I’ll finally take that pregnancy test, which I’m not going to think about. Right now is about Ashley and her man problem.
It’s after five when I leave the office, with no news from Cole. Smith, one of the Walker men who was at the airport the day I was attacked is now Ashley’s shadow, which is about as taken care of as that situation gets right now.
Once I’m at Cat and Reese’s apartment, my nerves over that pregnancy test have arrived, and they seem to be hopping around and doing jumping jacks in my belly. I normally would stop by the bar to say hello to Cole and Reese, but I just can’t. I need to do this test. I text Cat right before I step into the elevator: I’m on my way up. Have the test ready. I want to do it before Cole arrives.
I step into the car, and punch the button, literally pacing the small space. Cat opens the door and holds up the boxed test. “The coast is clear.”
I grab it and head for the bathroom as she yells, “I still have another box if you want to double check the results!”
“I’m going to want that test!” I reply, entering the bathroom and shutting the door, my heart thundering in my chest, my gaze locked on the words Pregnancy Test. This is it. This is when one little pink line could become life-changing.
Chapter sixty-nine
Cole
Reese and I sit in the bar, and I happily down my second whiskey when I would normally stop at one, but it’s been a hell of a month, really six months, considering my move and my father’s death. “We look good on paper,” Reese says. “And with the high-profile cases we’ve both won the past year, we have offers coming in left and right.”
“Meanwhile the Houston location is still a problem,” I say. “We need to bring in another me over there to oversee the operation, someone we trust. Someone we make a partner. I know that’s not ideal, but there’s a lot of money to be made there.”
“Agreed. You couldn’t stay there and have us rule the world with the same vision and momentum, but with your father gone, and you shortly after, it’s a ship with holes. Anyone in Texas in mind?”
“Not on staff,” I say. “But I know someone. Alexander Montgomery. He’s on his own and kicking ass, but I think we can convince him to join forces. But he’s going to want more than we want to give.”
Reese tips back his glass. “Sounds like our man.” He sets down his glass. “Let’s talk to him.”
“I’ll make the call.”
“In the meantime, does one of us need to go to Houston?”
“Now that I’m back to work, the storm seems to have calmed,” I say. “If I have to go, I’ll go. I’d rather wrap up the details on this case I’ve been dealing with, and weed through the new offers.”
He studies me a few beats. “How are things?”
“You mean did I lose my fucking mind over Lori’s attack? Yes. Am I dealing with it? Yes.”
“Are you really? Because if Cat got attacked, I’m not sure how I’d react. It wouldn’t be good. She’d most likely be tied to the bed where I’d keep her for the rest of her life, and happily, at that.”
“I’m dealing with it, but Lori doesn’t think I am.”
“Why?” he asks.
“I turned down a case that was worth a lot of money.”
“And she thought it was because you were afraid of putting her in danger.”
“Exactly,” I say.
“So is it her or you struggling with this?”
“She’s so busy worrying about me that she can’t face the part that involves her, which is why as much as I want to take her to Houston as I suggested and get out of here, I’m not sure that’s a good idea. At some point, she’s going to need to face this.”
“She hasn’t reacted to the attack at all?”
“She’s been worried about me worrying,” I say. “It’s the damnedest thing.”
“Marriage has a way of making you see the other person before you see yourself.”
