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“How should I know?”
“Are you listening to me?”
“Could you try to make sense?”
I brushed her hair back from her face. “There’s enough legal work to do for the ladies at Paths of Purpose to keep me busy for a long time. I can’t take money for it. It wouldn’t be right.”
The way we’d argue and then simmer nearly gave me whiplash. But it was us. I liked that we could move on.
“Won’t that cramp your flashy lifestyle?”
“You think I’m being foolish.”
She sighed. “It’s one of the nicest things I’ve ever heard of.” My brows shot up. “You know it is.” She shoved at my chest.
I settled her back against my front again and resumed rubbing her belly.
“What if I didn’t take this case and the guy really is innocent?”
“I don’t see how that’s your problem.”
“You said I should do it.”
“I think you should. But because you want to do it. Not me. Not him. Not his father.”
“I thought I’d lost all hope in the innocence of the accused. I’m praying that this kid proves me wrong.”
“And if he doesn’t?”
I slumped against the window. “I don’t know.”
“What if you don’t win?”
“What if he’s really guilty, and I do?”
“If you’ve already convicted him, why bother?”
“Something about his dad gets to me. That unconditional faith.” I pressed my nose to her hair. “I want to be that father.”
“You already are.”
“Are you going to the garage tomorrow?”
“Yeah. Can you keep Blake on Tuesday?”
“He’s going with me every day.”
“Patrick.”
“He’s no trouble. I even saw Gerard making goofy faces at him. That man is a stone, so the little dude is good for all of us.” Blake had an effect on everyone I couldn’t explain, especially me. It was a magnetism. He was fun. I hadn’t realized I could smile as much as I did when I was around him.
“You have clients.”
Blake was content to play with his toys and sleep. Marlow had done an amazing job helping him to be capable of entertaining himself. He truly was no trouble. And so what if I didn’t get as much work done as I used to? That wasn’t a bad thing.
“If they don’t like my partner, they can go somewhere else.” And I meant it.
“Sometimes you’re not a shithead asshole fucker.”
