Page 458 of Ruthless Court

“I'm going to help your mother.”

“Coward,” Hannah says.

“Correct.”

He disappears.

Now it's just us.

Hannah folds her arms.

I take off my beanie.

“It's really cold here.”

Her expression doesn't move.

“Not helping.”

“Worth trying.”

“Kane.”

I stop.

No jokes.

She deserves that.

“I didn't come because I thought you were wrong.”

Her face stays tight.

“I came because you were right.”

That gets through.

Barely.

“I knew exactly what would happen if I just showed up at your house.”

I glance toward the hallway of family pictures.

“Your dad would want to talk basketball.”

“He always does.”

“So I went to him first.”

Her arms loosen slightly.

“I told him.”

“What?”

“Everything.”

Alarm flashes.