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“Wait, so now my own daughter is giving me dating advice?”
“London is far from Zomelia.”
“I’m going with him to stay at his palace. It practically has its own zip code so it’s not like we’ll necessarily be crammed together every minute. It’s not so crazy; we’ve known each other a while now,” she added, as if playing devil’s advocate quickly enough could allay all her daughter’s doubts and fears.
“But it’s different than being his servant, Mom. I just worry. I’m not an idiot. Even when I was eight and wondered why everyone else had a dad except for me, I didn’t care because you and Grandma were always there for me. But I know how badly my father hurt you. I just don’t want to see that happen to you again. Grandma says it took a long time after my dad split to glue yourself back together.”
Brenda was glad she was sitting. Thinking about how that asshole had torn her heart out long ago was too hard to do on her feet. “It did, but this feels so right.”
“I hope so, but let him know that no matter what kind of muckety-muck he is and how many guards he has, if he breaks your heart, I have a shovel and I will play dirty.”
“Thanks, sweetie. That’s one of the nicest things you’ve ever said to me,” Brenda answered, running her palms over the soft cotton of her comforter.
“Yup. Hey, so that actually maybe explains a lot. Did you know that the suit’s been dropped? Their lawyers called me today to say they’d settled everything with my lawyers and since our offer was so generous, they saw no reason for more arbitration. Once I Googled some terms to translate that.” Haley was smart, but more of an art student and legal terms were out of her element. “I figured out that something had to be going on… You’re not dating Sheikh Rahal because of me, are you Mom?”
“I don’t think I like how that sounds.”
“That’s not what I meant, but if you don’t want to, we can find other ways to pay the debt.”
Oh good lord!
“Haley, honey, this is something I want to do. I mean… Oh dear, that came out wrong. I mean that he wanted to ease my situation and I’m traveling to Zomelia to help him with his father, too. It’s something I’m so excited about, but I am glad I could help you at the same time.”
“Me too, Mom, but just remember: I do have a shovel.”
