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“Well, then, scallops it is.” Mom smiled and tilted her head at Dad. I knew she wanted me to talk to him, but I wasn’t interested in discussing it now, especially in front of everyone. I shook my head at her, but she ignored me. “Cameron, Kenna has something that’s bothering her. Maybe she could run it by you?” I inwardly cringed.
He looked over at me, and I knew I had about thirty seconds to get my words out.
I needed to be vague.
“Hypothetically speaking, if someone did a bad thing for?—”
“What bad thing?” He cut me off.
“I don’t know,” I stumbled. “Say someone assaulted someone. That isn’t a good thing to do, but say the victim wasn’t a good person and then?—”
“I won’t give out free legal advice to your loser friend Rail.” I could see his temper rise. He hated Rail.
“I never said it was Rail.” I tried to curb my annoyance. None of us were saints, after all.
“You didn’t have to.” He had to have the last word.
“See, Kenna,” Calli jumped in, and it took all my willpower not to tell her off, “if you went to law school, you’d know the answer.”
“Calli…” Mom scowled, but it did nothing, like always.
“Were there any witnesses to this hypothetical assault?” Simon spoke up. I was shocked. I knew he had eyes for Calli, and normally he’d never take a chance of irritating her.
“I don’t think so.”
“Any evidence left behind?”
“No.”
“If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?” He gave me a tiny smile, and I let my chest relax.
“Thanks, Simon.” I felt mildly better despite Calli’s rude snort.
“Do any of these hypotheticals need representation?” Dad asked, and I glared at him. It was always business with him.
“Hypothetical, Dad.” I shook my head.
“Hypotheticals are normally based off something.” He got his last word in, and I swallowed back a comment.
When dinner was served, I let my mind wander as I tuned out Calli and Dad’s conversation. Thankfully, Mom made small talk with Simon and occasionally attempted to draw me in. I wasn’t up for it, so the moment I could, I slipped out to the balcony.
It was nicer out there despite the noise below. Anything was better than the sound of my sister’s high voice whenever dad was around. I leaned against the railing and drew in a deep, controlled breath. I watched the people below and saw Grim. He stood with a woman on the players’ balcony. The woman smiled at him and ran her hand down his arm. I got it, he was sexy as hell and a primal wildness oozed off his hard body, but with that came his need to boss the shit out of me, and that wasn’t going to happen.
“Jim was saying he was impressed with your meeting.” Dad leaned on the railing. Wow, he came to be with me. I licked my lips and was all ears. “He said you asked for the meeting yourself.”
“Does that really surprise you? I’ve called for a few meetings, and it’s helped to advance my career.”
“No,” he paused, “it’s just nice to hear.”
“Thank you, Dad.” I wasn’t sure where this came from, but I’d take it. “It’s nice to hear when someone is impressed or proud of you.” He glanced at me. “Words can make a difference.”
“I’m impressed, Kenna.” He turned his back to the balcony and looked at me. “You brought a situation to Jim and won.”
I felt a warmth spread through me. I forgot what it felt like to have him say things like that to me. I batted away the instinct to show emotion.
“I’m glad.” I knew better than to make eye contact and break the moment.
“I have a situation of my own,” Dad said quietly as someone came outside from another one of the special rooms. He waited until they went down the stairs.
