Come Down Under by Parker Weston

Author:Parker, Weston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2020-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

ROSE

“What the fuck do you mean?” Jude practically growled into the phone when I walked into his office on Wednesday morning. “I understand she’s well within her rights to do it, but why now? I don’t agree that she has a case at all.”

I paused by the door, not used to hearing him biting someone’s head off this early in the morning. The last couple of weeks had been going really well for us, but I was suddenly unsure if I was welcome in his office for this conversation. It sounded personal.

“I don’t give a fuck what it costs,” he snapped, looking up at me and motioning for me to come inside. “Look, just do whatever the fuck needs to be done and keep me in the loop. I have to go.”

He listened intently for another minute, then sighed and rubbed the back of his head. After he hung up, he tossed the phone down on his desk and sent a piercing glare at the ceiling. Rage came off him in waves. I could practically see him vibrating with it.

It was a little frightening actually. I’d seen a lot of different sides to him, but this was definitely a new one. For some reason, it worried me to see him like this.

I knew I was taking a chance at ruining the easygoing relationship we’d built lately, but concern pushed me to question him about it. “Is everything okay?”

As I moved to the conference table to take my seat, I braced myself for the possibility of him taking aim for my head next. He surprised me when his shoulders came down and he shook his head, the aggression melting out of him.

“No, it’s not okay.” He pressed the heels of his palms against his eyes. “My ex is trying to take my son away from me. It’s ridiculous, but it’s happening. I can’t believe she’d try something like this after everything she’s done. Or rather, everything she hasn’t done.”

Suddenly, I understood why he looked like he hadn’t slept. There were dark smudges beneath his eyes and his hair looked messy, like he’d been dragging his hands through it all night.

“That sucks,” I said. “Is there any way you can work it out with her?”

He shook his head, the corners of his lips turning down. “She doesn’t even care about Luke. She’s either doing this to get even with me about something or she wants more money. I don’t know how to work it out with her if I don’t know what she’s after.”

My heart ached for him. He hadn’t spoken about his son much to me, but even a blind person would’ve seen the anguish this was causing him. His voice sounded haggard, and his usually set shoulders sagged like someone had placed the world on them.

There was nothing I wanted more than to go over and give him a hug, but I knew I couldn’t. We’d done well with keeping things professional and I couldn’t afford to mess that up, especially since I didn’t know how well he’d take it if I offered him comfort.

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