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“Kate, how are you doing?”
“I’m open, and I have orders.” She held up her order forms and gave them a wave toward him, and didn’t have the first clue why she did it. She felt her cheeks getting warm. “Do you have good news? Bad news? No news?”
“I have good news. Your mother has dropped the case and has left Higher Ridge,” Mr. Moseley said.
“Oh,” Kate said.
“Yes. Her lawyer came into my office asking if I had anything to do with threatening his client, and like I said, I have not seen nor heard from Felicity Sinclair since the matter was brought to my attention. There were a few choice words thrown about, but for all intents and purposes, it is over.”
“And she’s gone?” Kate asked.
“Yeah, she is gone.”
Kate nodded her head. “What do I owe you?” Kate asked, trying not to wince too bad. She knew Moseley was good at what he did, and he was worth every cent she paid.
“Nothing. There was nothing I did other than allow nature to take its course, which is what happened here.”
“Oh,” Kate said. “You’re sure? You did get a lot of trouble from her lawyer?”
Mr. Moseley held his hands up. “Nothing at all. It has been a pleasure doing business with you.”
He shook her hand, and Kate was a little surprised. She still shook his hand right back, and then he turned on his heel and left.
She was still standing there, hand in front of her, and she turned to look at Tillie. “That did just happen, right? I didn’t imagine that?”
“You mean your mother leaving and you don’t owe your lawyer a single cent? If that is what you think happened, then yes, that is exactly what happened.”
Kate frowned and pulled her hand back. “Nothing like that ever happens to me.”
Tillie went to her and put a hand on her shoulder. “Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m okay. I mean, I know I’m fine.”
“Your mom left,” Tillie said.
“I know.” She nodded her head.
“Does that make you upset?”
She looked toward Tillie and slowly shook her head. “No, I’m not upset.” Her mother leaving town, as bad as it made her sound, was actually a welcome relief. It meant she no longer had to worry about any more trouble.
Her mother was gone. Kate loved her mother in her own way, but she also understood that when it came down to it, nothing was ever going to change. She was done trying to pick up the pieces with someone who didn’t want to help the situation.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“My mom?”
Tillie nodded.
“No, I don’t want to talk about it, or her, but there is something else I want to talk about.” Kate finished wrapping the final parcel on the table. She still had a lot more orders to get through.
“What is it?” Tillie asked.
Kate looked toward her friend and it wasn’t lost on her that Tillie had been in a similar circumstance not too long ago, when she didn’t know if she was pregnant with Jaxson’s baby.
She had gone out and gotten the pregnancy test kit for her, and been there, holding her hand, as they checked the results. Tillie had been pregnant.
“I think I might be pregnant,” Kate said, putting a hand to her stomach, and she watched as Tillie gasped.
