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“Why not?”
“Baby classes.”
“Feed them when they’re hungry. Change them when they need to be changed. Don’t drop them. Make sure they are dry and warm. Done.”
This time I really did flip him off. “Thank you, Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
“Fuck you—”
“Boys.”
“Sorry, Betty,” we both said.
“So what do I tell Judge Holland’s secretary?” She asked.
Good question.
“I’ll call Bethan. I’m sure she’ll cover for you just this once,” he said to me.
“You people are trying to get me killed,” I muttered, pulling out my phone to call Thea.
“Think of it this way, you get more time off as judge too.” He took the baseball and sat in the chair “And my name gets to be on the wall all by itself. Knox and Associates.”
“So that’s what you’re really gunning for—my seat.” I replied disconnecting the phone when she didn’t answer. She was most likely with a client.
“Actually, your whole damn office.” He nodded behind me. “You have the best view.”
“I do, don’t I?”
“The Impeccable Life of Levi Black.”
I never wanted that movie to end.
THEA
When he came in, I was sitting on the couch, eating vanilla ice cream out of the tub. “Welcome back,” I said, taking a bite.
He put his suit jacket on the arm of the chair closest to the television, and pulled off his striped tie before sitting down on the edge. “I’m sorry we missed today.”
“I didn’t miss anything. I went.” I licked the spoon.
“I thought—”
“Bellamy had a fever. So Bethan couldn’t go, and she was going to call your mom, but in all honesty, I didn’t want anyone else to go with me but you. So I told her I wasn’t going, and then went on my own.” I wished I hadn’t, but I did.
“Thea, I’m so sorry—”
“Stop saying sorry!” I didn’t want to yell but … but I was so upset and seeing him feel bad didn’t make it any better.
“Baby?” He moved to sit next to me as I started cry. “Are you okay?”
“I’m crying over ice cream … does this look okay to you?” I snapped, shoving my spoon in like shovel, lifting it, and stuffing it into my mouth. “I was a strong, independent person before you!”
“I know.”
“Then why am I crying!”
“I should have been there—”
