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Kim chuckled. She loved that Jenny wasn’t for one second threatened by their friendship. She also knew that Jenny would expect her to talk some sense into him.
‘Okay, let’s break it down. Is he a drug addict?’
‘No.’
‘Is he homeless?’
‘No.’
‘Decent job?’
Bryant pulled a face.
‘He’s a solicitor. Grow up. Ever see anything to cause you concern?’
He shook his head.
‘Laura still keen to advance in her career? She still got a good circle of friends she sees regularly?’
‘Yes, of course. She’s not stupid. She won’t allow anyone to tell her what to do.’
‘Of course she won’t. She’s had a good example. Jenny’s done a great job.’
‘Funny.’
‘But she does know what she’s doing. You’ve given her all the tools. She met a guy, she fell in love, she hasn’t rushed anything and now she’s ready to share her life with someone. But of course you know all that.’
He nodded. Took another sip of his drink.
‘She was never coming back, Bryant. She hasn’t been your little girl for a very long time. You’ve been dead proud of everything she’s done and the way she’s done it. Why change that now?’
‘It’ll just be different. I won’t be that man any more.’
Kim completely understood. He’d always been the constant male figure. The one Laura could turn to. The one who would never let her down. It wasn’t that he resented Josh for being the man who would now take that place in her life. He resented that anyone would take that place.
‘Thing is, you’ll always be that man. You’ll never judge her, you’ll never undermine her and you’ll provide a safe space for her for the rest of your life.’
‘Shit, Kim, I’m welling up here.’
‘Yeah, not bad, eh?’ she said, taking back his coffee. ‘Now piss off and go tell Laura and Josh how happy you are for them. And mean it this time.’
‘Okay. Thanks for the chat,’ he said, grabbing his keys and heading for the door.
He took a quick detour to rub Barney’s head before making his way out.
Kim poured herself a fresh cuppa.
Oh well, at least she’d been able to help one member of her team. She just hoped that whatever was bothering another would be sorted out before more mistakes were made.
SIXTEEN
‘No way,’ Kim said to no one as the alarm sounded on her phone. Every sense was telling her it wasn’t yet time to get up.
It was only once she sat up that she realised two things: it was still dark outside, and that wasn’t her alarm, it was her ringtone.
‘What the hell?’ she said as she saw the name of the caller, right below the clock that told her it was 4.37a.m.
‘Bloody hell, Keats, sorry I took the piss, okay?’
