Your Honor by Kristi Pelton

Author:Kristi Pelton [Pelton, Kristi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2018-05-12T18:30:00+00:00

Lucy. Your grandfather is doing better. I would like to speak with you when you have time tomorrow. Let me know what works for you.

I texted back right away.

I can call you now. Is something wrong?

Don’t be silly. I’d have called you if something were wrong. I’d like to converse about his current care and other options.

Something inside of me cracked as the damn burst. Couldn’t I catch a break? The moment I’d dreaded for the past couple of years was crashing in on me. A full care facility in the city. I liked the place closer to the farm. Our roles had reversed—I had been the caretaker of my caretaker. And with my career and with Hank’s age, I always knew we were on borrowed time. I just thought it would be longer. I lay on the bed trying to decide what to text back as tears spilled onto the cotton sheets.

The knock at the door startled me. I was so wrapped up in my thoughts about Pops that for a few minutes, I’d actually forgotten about Jenner. I peeked out the peephole. Jenner rested against the doorframe with his head down. For a short second, I contemplated not opening the door. I didn’t need this right now. But before I could change my mind, the door was open.

“You’re crying.”

It wasn’t a question, more of a statement. I tried to close the door, but he stopped it with his foot.

“Tell me,” he instructed. “Why are you crying?”

Sometimes, he could be completely emotionless. I looked at the clock, trying to determine if it was feasible for him to have bedded Hope.

“Were you with her?”

“Is that why you’re upset? Because of Hope?” His voice rose in shock.

Defeated and well aware that he hadn’t answered my question, I handed him my phone, showing him the conversation with Dr. Shu. At the same time, his phone rang, and he turned away to answer it. My thoughts flashed back to that night not so long ago when we had once before been interrupted by his phone.

“What’s up?” he answered.

“Yes. I’m with her now.” He paused as his drunken eyes bore into me. “Thank you.”

“Are the tears because of your grandfather?”

I tossed my phone onto the bed. “Who was that?”

“Dr. Shu. He thought you might be upset.”

Jenner seemed to cover all his bases well. “I know that we aren’t supposed to…I mean that it’s unethical and well, you can with Hope, and I didn’t know if…”

All I wanted to hear was that he wanted me, but something inside of me knew those words wouldn’t come. His career meant more to him. And, that was ok. Mine did too. I think. Why would he risk everything for a woman he barely knew? His father was a freaking Supreme Court Justice…the most powerful judge in the United States. My father was in prison.

I never really finished my statement. His alcohol-induced gaze took in all of me from head to toe. And as if dismissing a thought, he shook his head and took two deliberate steps toward me.

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