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“At San Diego, yeah.”
“They want to come. Stevie, Georgie, Sammy. And they want my family to come with them.”
“No Shannon.”
“Of course not,” the guy scoffed. “Georgie and Sammy might want their mom there, but Stevie has refused to have anything to do with her.”
“Good girl.”
The guy—who I was assuming was the half-brother—bit out an abrupt laugh. He wasn’t sounding happy. “She’s smart. I could see Stevie growing up with the mission of destroying her mother when she’s older, and she’s got the means to do so. And if Shannon does ever change and become a good person, Stevie may still move forward with her plan of destruction, just out of spite.”
Brett shook his head. “She’s got good reason. She’s endured Shannon more than we ever had to.”
“You going to tell me what you’re talking about with the news? Is there something going on I should know about?”
“Nope.” Brett raised his voice. “I’ll have someone from the team reach out with tickets, and we’ll figure out travel—”
“No. We’ll cover travel expenses. We’ll be bringing them. The tickets will help. It’s almost impossible to get tickets to your games.”
Brett’s eyes narrowed. “You’re going to stay and see me afterwards.”
There was silence on the other end.
Brett let out a savage growl. “You’re not fucking coming to my game, bringing my nieces and nephews, and not seeing me afterwards. You try that shit, Will, and I’ll rip your head off.”
“That went violent fast.”
Brett growled again, his hands tightening over the wheel once more.
A sigh came over the line. “Yes,” he agreed but sounding peeved. “We’ll stay so you can see everyone.”
“We’re doing a meal.”
Silence again.
“Goddammit, Will!”
“Fine. A meal. But we’ll have to get a hotel room then.”
“Even better. You can get a room at the same hotel the team uses. I’ll have someone reach out to you with all the details.”
“You don’t need to do that.”
“I don’t care. It’s done. Do not make other arrangements. We’ll talk later in the week about the tickets and shit.” Brett ended the call, rolling his eyes. “That was my half-brother. He’s moving forward with trying to get custody of them so she doesn’t keep fucking them up.”
“She’s out of prison, I take it?”
“She was in county, and yeah, she’s out and raising holy hell. Will seems to be handling her.”
We were almost to the exit for his neighborhood. The closer we got, the more relaxed I became. I rested my head against the headrest and turned his way. “You’ve not said much about this to me.”
His eyebrows pinched down. “I haven’t thought about it, to be honest. I’m just used to shouldering my shit and moving forward.” He glanced my way. “You want me to share this stuff with you more?”
“I want to know everything about you.”
His eyes were warm when he looked over at me again. I smiled back, feeling the sunshine again.
“I need to get some gas,” he said, hitting the turn signal as we were nearing a gas station. “This place is lit up. There’s usually cops hanging out there. Don’t know why since I know they’re usually busy. If they’re not, would you feel okay stopping? Or I can take you to the house, come back myself. It’s just easier for me to fill up at night than in the mornings.”
