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Besides, cut flowers died. Jessica was going to be in bed a lot. Tending flowers was something she could do comfortably, and it brought a little life to her room. Of course, there were a handful of other vases with blossoms in various stages of wilt already there.
She held out her hands, and he delivered the ceramic pot into her hands.
“Wow, it’s beautiful,” Jessica said. “How’d many social media posts did you have to go through to find this out?”
“None. Robin mentioned it once. I just happened to remember.”
Jessica’s brows rose, and she nodded slowly. “Is that on the record somewhere now?”
He drew in a calming breath and sat on the sofa with Diha in front of Jessica.
“No. No, that won’t be on any recording.” He kept his tone even though he was more than a little annoyed.
“I see,” she muttered.
He got the distinct feeling he was here to be a verbal punching bag.
Great.
“Kelsey said you wanted to see me?” Harper prompted.
“I just told her I was curious about you.” Jessica studied him openly. “You look like a Gonzalez, not a Wright. What’s with the white sounding last name?”
“My grandfather was American. My parents immigrated in their early twenties and stayed with his family some. Moved around a lot.”
Jessica propped one elbow on the armrest. He couldn’t forget that she was a lawyer. Dragging information out of unwilling people was part of her job.
“Why you? Out of everyone, why’d they send you?” she asked.
He glanced at Kelsey who shrugged.
That didn’t tell him a whole lot.
“I can’t say for certain, I can only guess. It’s not like we get a bullet list of why we’re right for the job or anything.” He rubbed his jaw, trying to decide how much to share. “I think it boiled down to two things. First, I was single. Second, I speak Arabic.”
“That’s it? Seriously?”
He shrugged. What was she expecting?
Harper glanced at each of the three women in then licked his lips. “Am I allowed to ask how she’s doing?”
Jessica rolled her eyes. “Why are you bothering?”
At that, he frowned. “Because I care.”
“Then why haven’t you tried seeing her? Why leave her alone?”
“Because that’s what she told me to do,” he said slowly.
“And that’s what you choose to listen to?”
Harper grit his teeth. Robin had mentioned that Jessica could be pushy to a fault. He was beginning to understand what Robin had meant.
“Look, I don’t know what you’re getting at, but I already tried talking to Robin. She does not want to see me right now.”
Jessica propped her chin on her hand. “And how does that make you feel?”
He frowned. “What is this? Group therapy?”
