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“That about sums it up if all the Fierces seem to think I’m going to be their next target.”
“There isn’t a whole heck of a lot you can do about it if they do decide,” Megan said. “We all know that.”
“It’s not happening with me,” he said. “As I told anyone with the last name of Fierce, my job is now my baby and will take up all my time.”
“No,” his mother said. “Don’t do that.”
He could see the concern and frown on her face. “I don’t mean it that way.”
“You do need to find a nice balance,” Megan said. “Ask your brother. It can be done.”
“It can,” Trent said. “I know that. But I don’t want my law firm to fail either and without a lot of clients, there is that fear.”
“I thought you got that big settlement months ago,” his mother asked. “More than one.”
“I did,” he said. “I do have a lot of money put away. But I’ve got student loans and expenses to live. Rent on the office. I just signed a five-year lease. I’ve gotstaff.”
“Been there and done that,” Jonah said. “I get your sleepless nights and concerns, but it will come together. You know it and I know it.”
“It only takes one tiny snowflake to gather into a ball and start rolling,” Raina said. “Next thing you know, there is a snowman out front.”
“It doesn’t snow much in North Carolina,” he said, grinning. “Not a good analogy.”
“It’s going to work out, Trent,” his mother said. “I know it.”
It was the look in her eyes that told him she was referring to more than one thing with that statement though.
4
Stupid And Petty
“Idon’t want to go to Dad’s,” Eli said on July Fourth. It was eleven and they’d be leaving soon for her to drop her son off. Not that it was much of a holiday, but when a holiday fell on a transition day, they had to split some of them.
She found it silly that this day was included, but it was just one more thing that Jeff was going to take her back to family court for.
Stupid that last year on Memorial Day, it was her day and he’d had a party that he didn’t want to leave early from to get Eli at five. He’d said if she just brought Eli to him at noon, it wouldn’t be a problem.
She’d said no. Their papers stated after work or after dinner, not lunch. If he wanted to be a hardass to her and drag her to court to fork up money for stupid things, then she was going to make him adhere to his timelines.
But last year, it made no sense to her to pay the money for something so trivial and she caved because she was mentally exhausted. She didn’t think he’d be so petty to add Memorial Day, Labor Day and July Fourth to his holiday list on transition days.
It was stupid and petty but totally Jeff.
His lawyer drew up the papers for her to sign and she did. No cost to her.
She figured in the long run, she’d let him win this war because it’s not like those holidays always fell on a transition day.
But it meant she had her son for five fewer hours today.
In the bigger picture, it wasn’t a big deal.
The greater deal was why Eli had just said what he had.
“How come you don’t want to go there?” she asked softly. “I thought you liked being at your father’s house.”
That was one good thing. Jeff owned a home. Eli not only got his own bedroom but also a game room.
He had more video games there than at home. He had more of everything than he did at her house. Space, toys, peace and quiet.
