Cameron (Wild Men Book 7) by Melissa Belle

Author:Melissa Belle [Belle, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Autumn Ink Press
Published: 2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00

Cam and I are the last to arrive at the law office. Hal Smith, Attorney, the sign reads.

“Are you sure your mom’s okay with me being here?” Cam asks me.

I smile at him in his long coat with his hair neatly styled.

“Believe me, with these things, it’s always the more the merrier.”

He frowns doubtfully, but I open the door and usher him inside with me.

“Did you bring the brandy?” I whisper to Celie as she greets us the moment we step into the room.

She still has her coat on, and she opens it to show me a little flask tucked inside. Then she points to the phone on Hal’s desk. It’s lit up with a big red light on it, and I hear Nadine’s voice.

“Hey, Nadie,” I say back.

“We conferenced Nadine in to lend support,” Celie says.

Molly and Pru are on one of the couches, and Mama has the seat of honor right across from Hal’s desk. She’s emotional, and Hal has to keep grabbing at the papers so Mama won’t ruin them completely by crying onto them. A box of tissues sits at the edge of the desk within easy reaching distance of Mama’s shaky arm.

Celie turns to Cam and extends her hand. “You must be Cameron Wild. I’ve wanted to meet you for a while now, to thank you for helping Vannah out with that horrible thug. I’m Celie, the best McMann sister.”

“Celie’s the closest to me in age,” I say to Cam. “She also has the biggest ego.”

Cam’s eyes twinkle as he shakes Celie’s hand. “How are you, Celie?”

“I’m great. How do you like playing for the Cannons?” she asks him.

“I like my new team,” he says with a wink at me.

“Oh, yeah?” Celie’s smile broadens.

Cam’s dark eyes fill with amusement, and Celie bursts into giggles as I glare at her.

Molly waves at Cam from her seat, and I quickly introduce him to Pru and Mama. Nadine calls out a hello to Cam through the speakerphone, and we all take our seats on the second couch.

Hal’s a different lawyer than the man we used for Mama’s divorce papers. He’s older and more patient. He’s quite old, in fact.

“How old is Hal?” I whisper to Celie.

“Shh,” she says back. “He’s a friend of Pru’s great-uncle.”

“That doesn’t inspire confidence.”

I turn to look at Mama again, who can’t stop shaking. She thought her husband could protect her and keep her safe the way her own father couldn’t. Grandpa was a philandering gambler with money and women, and he spent what little he saved at the bars. Grandma worked two jobs to keep the family together. “Mama has Daddy issues,” Nadine always liked to say. “But who of us doesn’t, right?”

Mama picks up the papers again. Hal gently points to the line where she needs to sign. Mama sniffs and Hal quickly takes the papers back, and then Mama reaches for a tissue instead. Oh, Lord. This could go on forever. I fight the urge to scream. And then—

Cam reaches over and touches my hand.

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