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No, that would be her own responsibility.
“I might have gotten a bit emotional yesterday and said I wanted to speak to lawyers first,” she admitted.
Jessica stared at her for a few moments. “Yeah. Yeah, that’s probably smart. Who is representing you?”
“Dad’s people.”
“Ew.”
“Exactly.”
“You need better people.”
“I was hoping to pick your brain about that later.”
“We should do that now. On my out of office email, the first person I say to contact? Email him, tell him I said so, and you need his cousin’s info. He’ll know what I mean.” Jessica leaned her head back and closed her eyes. “Sorry, tired all of a sudden.”
Kelsey chuckled. “That would probably be the pain killers they have you on.”
“I thought it was the morning cocktail,” Jessica muttered.
Kelsey grinned down at Jessica. “You’re a funny girl, huh?”
“Hysterical,” Jessica whispered. “You still haven’t told us the scoop on Harper.”
Kelsey let her head drop. “What can I say?”
Robin wasn’t sure she wanted to hear any of it.
Kelsey peered up at Robin. “I went over the notes and material. Our boss put Harper in a bad situation with you. There’s no denying that, and you can feel about it however you want to feel. From my side, I can tell you that Harper went out of his way to protect your privacy.”
“What does that mean?” Jessica asked, echoing Robin’s thoughts.
Kelsey sighed and straightened. “It’s hard for me to fill in the blanks when Robin’s not cooperating with us. She could take anything I say here and use it against us.”
“I won’t,” Robin said. “I’m not going to. I know my uncle wasn’t a good person, and I can support investigating him. But I don’t have to like being used.”
Kelsey nodded. “For what it’s worth? Harper’s real torn up about all of this.
“Good.” Robin wrapped herself in ice. “He didn’t have to date me to get what he wanted. There were other ways.”
Kelsey inclined her head, lips twisted into a grimace. “Guys…”
“Are dumb,” Jessica finished.
Kelsey chuckled and flashed Jessica a grin. “Look at us, we’re practically best friends over here, finishing each other’s sentences and shit.”
She opened her eyes, ignoring Kelsey and focused on Robin. “What he did was shitty, but the way you felt about him was real. I can’t believe all of it was fake, but I also wasn’t there with you. Give it time, okay?”
Robin nodded and even within her icy walls, part of her just wanted Harper. The man who’d destroyed her family.
Saturday. FBI Offices, New York City, NY.
Harper was ready to quit.
He wouldn’t, but right now he needed space from Jamie and the others. Really, Harper only had himself to blame, and he knew it. He’d dished shit out on everyone, so it was expected that when Harper did something like fall in love with the woman he was lying to, the guys would ride his ass about it.
But it was too soon. His insides were raw. He kept playing those moments with Robin in his head, again and again.
