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Sonofabitch! Is it the eighthalready?
“I…I’m not feeling well.”
“Don’t try to play me, Thane. I’m on your side here. I just covered for your ass. If anyone asks you had to take an emergency flight to New York, okay?”
“Absolutely. I’m so sorry. I don’t know how I spaced it.”
“Me neither and I really wish you hadn’t.”
“Why?” I ask him, concerned that he’d say that.
“Because Charlene was more than prepared and came out guns blazin’. You know she’s hired a financial advisor?”
“How can she do that, with my money?” I yell at him.
“It’s within her monthly budget. Apparently she’s really not shopping.”
“Dammit.”
“Yup, she even has a sponsor for her shopping addiction that she brought to court today to vouch for her.”
Out of all days for me to miss, why today? Why when Char completely catches me off guard with a fastball right down the middle? I should’ve seen it coming. I should’ve been there to do something.
“What’s this mean for me?” I ask him.
“I think she has a good shot at getting joint custody.”
“Are you serious? After a few weeks of her charade?!”
“I’m sorry, Thane, I really am. I’ll have my assistant call you when we have the next court date.”
I hang up the phone, extremely angry. I can see right through Charlene’s bullshit. She’s not gonna keep this up, I know she’ll break, she always does. And the courts will see that, I’ll make sure of it before they put my son at risk by letting her have joint custody. It’s hard enough for me to let him stay with her a night every now and again, a fifty-fifty split might actually push me over the edge.
