Transitions (A Thousand Words Book 1) by Brooks Tori

Author:Brooks, Tori [Brooks, Tori]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mike's Basement, Inc.
Published: 2014-06-17T07:00:00+00:00

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Dev sat in Kyle Mercer’s office, thinking. The last time he was here was the reading of Paul’s will. Where Paul, at the time the single person he hated the most, acknowledged him as equal to his own children and his mother as the love of his life. He’d misjudged Paul and always regretted it.

A secretary came in and offered Dev a drink, breaking him out of his disturbed thoughts. He declined and she left, although he should be grateful for the interruption. Whenever he considered Paul, and how wrong he’d been to hate him, his thoughts inevitably turned to Flynn. Dev didn’t want to think about Flynn, and he looked around the room to find something else to distract him.

Dev didn’t know exactly why he was even here. That stupid groupie and her false accusations had him tied in knots. He was ducking reporters and running from cameras. Dev had hardly slept since the news broke a couple weeks ago and it was sapping his energy for the shows. At least it gave him an excuse to sneak away after their part was done.

Lindsay gave him unwavering support. Dev was so grateful he didn’t even protest when she practically demanded he go to her father for help. Kyle protested when Dev told him and called him to New York to discuss it. To Dev, it felt like being called to the principal’s office.

“So you want to switch lawyers to humor your girlfriend,” Kyle said, keeping his eyes locked on Dev’s.

Dev felt ashamed for the weakness, but he needed Lindsay. He didn’t sleep with this girl, whatever her name was, so the truth would come out in the end. He just nodded.

“How long have you been going out with this young lady?”

“A little over a year,” Dev whispered.

“Okay. Tell me about her and her father,” Kyle ordered. Refusing didn’t even cross Dev’s mind. He told Kyle about meeting Lindsay on a plane, meeting Jack, dating during her goth phase, what drew them together. After a brief hesitation, Dev also told Kyle about his alter identity as a hacker and that Lindsay knew about it. To his credit, Kyle’s eyebrows twitched, but otherwise he didn’t react.

When Dev finished, Kyle sat for a moment before responding. “Devin, for your own protection and interests, I’m going to say no. You can’t transfer this to an attorney I haven’t vetted as having sufficient experience and skill to handle this or other problems that may arise. However, I know it’s important to you, and a big step for you to have a girlfriend. I can see why you’d want to humor her. Don’t let her push you into acting contrary to your own self-interest.

“Bringing Jack Caffey on board as part of the team isn’t unreasonable. It should help you with Lindsay and he may be useful. I know a great deal about you, but we haven’t spent much time together. You and Jack have. I’ll contact him, brief him on the situation, and extend an invitation.

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