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Kyle sidled up to them. “Is she okay?”
“Yes,” Grant said with a nod, “she’s doing okay. James is here.”
“Oh, good.” The hollowness in his voice suggested that he didn’t care what Sierra was doing. He flicked his gaze to Julia, seeming agitated again. “Julia, can I talk to you?”
“Sure,” she said, though Grant failed to remove his hands from her arms.
“Alone,” he said, his jaw flexing as he set his hands on his hips.
“Look, Kyle, can it wait? We’ve all had a really long night and–”
“No, it can’t. I’m sorry to inconvenience you, but I really need to speak with Julia alone.”
Julia read the urgency in his voice, wondering what happened to set him on edge again. “Give me a few minutes,” she whispered to Grant.
“Sure. I’ll be here when you’re done.”
Julia offered him a reassuring smile. Given what Kyle had told her earlier, she knew the tension between them had, once again, ramped up. The way Grant refused to let go of her arms suggested he still didn’t trust his son. But they’d have to learn to work together. Especially now.
Julia squeezed his hand before she strode down the hall as Kyle led her toward a waiting room. Instead of ducking inside, he guided her around a corner.
“Where are we going?” she asked.
“There’s something you need to see,” he answered.
She stopped, refusing to move forward. “Wait, wait, wait. What?”
“Julia, now is not the time to drag your feet. We need to move on this.”
She furrowed her brow as she studied him. He seemed agitated. What happened? He reached for her, but she stepped back away from him. “I need more information.”
Kyle’s shoulders slumped. “I’m sorry. I don’t mean to scare you, but I think I found something that directly ties Lydia to DG. This could be the break we need.”
“What evidence? What did you find?”
He clenched his jaw, speaking tersely. “I’m trying to show you that.”
Julia mulled over the information. “Okay, I should tell Grant, though.”
“No,” Kyle said as he grabbed hold of her arm.
She stared down at his fingers wrapped around her, her mind whirling with suspicion.
“Julia, he doesn’t trust me. If this doesn’t pan out, he’s going to accuse me of all sorts of things. Please. I just need your insight on this.”
She fluttered her eyelashes as she blew out a sigh. Her suspicion was getting the better of her. She offered him a nod. “All right.”
He seemed relieved by her answer as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and led her down the hall. Each step made her heart pound harder against her sore ribs.
Kyle pushed into a stairwell, leading Julia down the stairs and through a door marked Parking Garage. Her brow furrowed as the situation set off alarm bells given their complicated history. She tried to push past it, certain the tension of the night and her lack of sleep so far was wearing on her, but she felt all her muscles tensing.
“We have to leave the hospital?”
“Yes, Julia. Come on,” Kyle said as he palmed his key fob and marched her to his car.
She eyed it, a chill snaking down her spine as she recalled the last time she’d been in it while this nervous. “I think we should tell Grant.”
“Get in the car, Julia.”
