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“I’ll try. He’s a very proud man, Mom. And this is...it’s killing him inside. I can tell it. And if he knows I told you—”
“You don’t have to say a word, Trina. Just tell him I would like to speak with him. Now about this viewing, I still feel we should all go. Justin and Judith as well.”
“Why? Because the country club people will gossip?”
“Honestly? Yes.”
Katrina let out a short laugh at her mother’s answer. “I’ll think about it.”
“Thank you, dear. Does Lorenzo know about Emmett?”
“I don’t know.”
“Maybe he should hear it from you.”
“Yeah...yeah, he should.”
“Okay, I’ll let you go so that you can tell him. I love you, Trina. And if you need any help, too, you let me know.”
Katrina smiled. She knew her mother would help should she need it, she just didn’t want to ask. She had a feeling she’d be dipping into her savings, but she’d manage.
She had to.
But now...now she had to break the news to Lorenzo.
***
“Hello, beautiful,”was his greeting, and it sent a shiver through her body. He’d always answered his phone that way when they were younger, when Katrina thought nothing could ever come between them.
How naïve she’d been.
“Ren...”
“What’s wrong? And don’t say ‘nothing’ because I can tell.”
“Emmett Torrence passed away.”
She could hear his breathing pick up slightly. “I need to call my lawyer.”
“The same lawyer who wants a $25,000 retainer to pursue the case?”
“I don’t...I can...I can put up the bar. I can do something. I have to.”
“I may have a solution.”
“I’m not taking money from you for this, especially not now.”
“I know, and that’s not what I’m saying.” She inhaled deeply. “My mother would like to see you.”
“No.”
“Ren—”
“I’m not taking money from them, either.”
“She wants to help.”
“Trina, I can’t...fuck, what does she know?”
