The Better Man (Chicago Sisters) by Amy Vastine

Author:Amy Vastine [Vastine, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

KENDALL HATED BEING WRONG. Not that she wasn’t wrong lots of times about a lot of things, but she hated being wrong when she was so sure she had been right. How many times had she argued with Max about that sushi bar? How many times had he told her exactly what Mr. Sato said? Perhaps it wasn’t being wrong that bugged her. Maybe it was her foolish stubbornness.

Trevor used that word because he knew it got under her skin. Just because she voiced an opposing opinion, he’d shake his head and tell her to stop being so stubborn. Sometimes he was right. She could admit that, on occasion, she could dig her heels in just to spite him. That was what she had done here. Max, in all his Trevorness, had repeatedly questioned her design, and in an attempt to prove to him she was smarter than he gave her credit for, she refused to listen to reason.

The worst of it was that Max hadn’t even called her on it. He hadn’t rubbed in the fact that he’d seen the same design flaw from the very beginning. That was notably un-Trevor-like and baffling given his recent realization. She was more confused than ever about how to handle his relationship with Simon.

Oh, Simon. Her son had left for school today after making the deal that if he went to school all week, he’d get to go trick-or-treating with Max on Friday. It was a lot to ask of him—it had been a long time since he’d made it an entire week without incident.

She watched him now as he ran in circles around the coffee table, pretending to make his red Corvette fly through the air. The letter Wilder had sent home with him lay open on the couch beside her. She had ten days to prepare for the meeting the school was requesting. Ten days to decide what she wanted for Simon and how to advocate for him properly.

This was not the time to let her stubbornness get in the way. The educational team wanted to discuss options, alternative schools that may or may not be a better fit for someone like Simon. Kendall wanted to be sure she was making her decisions based on facts, not on her stubborn need to be right.

“Mom, do you think cars can fly?” Simon asked, bringing his Corvette in for a landing on the armrest of the couch.

“Maybe they will someday. Planes fly, why not cars?”

“Do you think Max likes flying cars?” Max’s likes and dislikes were still Simon’s favorite subjects.

“I can ask him tomorrow.”

Simon made a loud roar like an engine and lifted his Corvette back into the air. “Don’t. I’ll ask him on Friday.”

“Okay.” A tingle of excitement ran through her to hear him talk like he believed he’d make it through the week of school. She watched him run around the coffee table a few more times. “Do you like Max because he looks like Daddy?”

Simon came to a stop and shrugged.

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