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“Gross. We’re brother and sister.”
“Exactly.”
“But yeah, we can find some arrangements of holiday duets as well.”
“Rory, I’ve probably wrecked my voice over the years singing rock and roll.”
“I’ll get you into shape. I’m a voice teacher, by the way.”
“I know that. But Ror…”
“I’m not taking no for an answer. In fact…”
My mind is racing. Brock has connections, right? Maybe he could get some agents to come to the recital.
“What?”
“I can’t make any promises yet. Just trust me. You want to be part of this, Jess.”
“So you’re bailing on me for a gig, and now you want a favor?”
“Yes, but in the end, I think you’ll realize that I’m doingyoua favor.”
He scoffs again. “Okay. Send me the material as soon as you’ve got it. When is the recital?”
“I don’t have a date yet. Brock set it before Thanksgiving, but we’re going to change that. First of all, I don’t have time to get something together by then, and second of all, he doesn’t want to interfere with Ryan and Ruby’s big Thanksgiving anniversary thing.”
“Their anniversary is Thanksgiving?”
“Apparently.”
“All right. Send me the information. And Ror? Don’t you dare call me back tomorrow and say you want back on the gig.”
“Dude, tomorrow I’m going to be in London.”
Enough said.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
BROCK
The Steel family doesn’t own a private jet.
The cost outweighs the benefit. We’re ranchers. We do most of our business in the USA, and mostly in the West. So we fly commercial—first class of course, but commercial.
Rory’s eyes are as big as dinner plates when we board the British Airways aircraft and sit in our first-class pods with lie-flat seats. Last-minute airfare was exorbitant but of course pennies to my family.
Dad wasn’t happy I was leaving, but when I told him I was researching the bones we found on our property, he relented. The work gets done, even if I’m not there. We have a vast stable of employees, all who are well-trained to take over pretty much everything we do.
Everything except what Dad and Uncle Bryce do. They run the entire company.
Dad and Uncle Bryce.
God… So much to unpackage there.
But for the next couple of days, I’m going to focus on showing Rory London. The only time I’m going to let my brain think about my family will be when we talk to Ennis Ainsley.
Rory hasn’t said much since I brought her up to date last night.
