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I get to the courthouse twenty-minutes later, where Taryn waits for me and opens the limo door.
“I pulled some favors with the D.A., mate. They’re waiting for you.”
“Thank you.” Turning to the driver, I say, “I’ll text you when we’re ready to go back to the airport.”
My stomach twists at all I’m missing with my daughter for this.
I jog up the steps with the blaring afternoon sun on my skin and dry air filling my lungs. Such a difference from misty, gray Seattle, but I don’t have time to enjoy the nice weather.
“I did some more digging into the case.” Taryn steers me to the courtroom. “I didn’t want to call you mid-flight until I had all the details.”
“Talk to me.”
“Your brother was living with a woman.”
That hardly surprises me.
He’s always been a shameless playboy. Maybe I was once, too. Then Ginny got pregnant and everything changed for me. I felt resentment for about a hot minute, only because I’d been blindsided.
Now I can't imagine my life without Sophie.
“And?” I hate this dribble of information.
“She was inside the car when Cormac crashed. The car is technically hers. When they found the drugs, they arrested both of them.”
“Is she on drugs, too?” I cringe, thinking of the liability.
Christ, I’ll have to get Eoghan involved.
“I got a look at her tox report. It was clean as a whistle. Cormac’s was through the roof. His alcohol level alone was three times the legal limit.”
Even with Taryn’s lilt, I know there’s more. Something worse.
“What else?” I ask, bracing myself.
“Something…big.” He waves his hands.
“Jesus Christ, what?”
“Ana Michaels,” a court admin calls out as we get inside.
A woman with long, greasy, blonde hair stands up to face the judge.
“That’s her.” Taryn nudges me.
My stomach drops seeing hers. She’s pregnant. Very pregnant.
Fucking Cormac!
That’s assuming it’s his. Although, why would she be with him if it isn’t? Why didn’t he mention any of this to me? I’m going to kill him. Knocking up some poor woman and then getting into a car accident with her, putting his baby’s life in danger is beyond the pale.
Then again, birds of a feather. She’s with him because she’s a druggy, too, and part of his games. She’s a criminal.
Led by a court officer, Cormac enters the courtroom limping and shackled.
Christ, he looks terrible. Gaunt and bald. It breaks my heart.
Fuck, I can only imagine how having his head shaved pissed him off since he likes to wear his hair longer. I keep mine short these days.
