TRACE (The TRACE Series, #1) by Deborah Bladon

Author:Deborah Bladon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult, new adult romance, new adult romance with sex, man in power, man in control, lawyer romance, hot lawyer, garrett ryan, trace, deborah bladon trace, deborah blazon trace, deborah blandon trace, contemporary romance, millionaire romance
Publisher: Deborah Bladon
Published: 2015-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

"I thought about talking to Beck about what's going on with you." Zoe leans forward on the stool she's sitting on. "I'm not sure you want me to do that though."

I don't. I'd taken the advice Curtis gave to me literally. The problem was that without a power of attorney in place, the bank wouldn't give me access to my mother's safety deposit box. The bank manager wouldn't budge even when I explained the situation to her.

I hadn't planned enough when my mother started to go downhill. I assumed there would be time or she'd find her way back to lucidity. I know she has a simple will in place, but that doesn't grant me any of the rights I need now to start searching for the answers to the questions about my adoption.

"The legal system is bizarre." I take a sip of the glass of house red wine I'd ordered when I met Zoe at Easton Pub. "I can access everything that belongs to my mother once she's gone but for now, I'm stuck in legal limbo."

"Legal limbo?" His voice wafts over my shoulder just as I catch of the startled look on Zoe's face. "I'm an expert at legal limbo."

I knew when Zoe invited me to the pub tonight that the chances of Garrett walking in were slim to none. He may live nearby but the fact that I hadn't ever seen him in here before the other night offered a comforting reassurance that he doesn't stop in for a drink that often.

"Zoe?" His hand brushes past my shoulder as he reaches out to her.

"Garrett." She takes his hand in hers. "I know you."

"I know you too," he says as I catch my first glimpse of him when he walks into my peripheral vision. "You used to work here."

"You used to drink here." She taps her hand on the table. "Right here actually. Wasn't this your favorite table?"

"It was because it was in your section." He motions towards the empty stool between us. "May I?"

"Please, yes," she says too excitedly. "Van, this was my best customer."

No, he was not. The world can't be this small. My best friend can't know Garrett Ryan.

"This was my favorite server." He studies Zoe carefully. "You're pregnant?"

"Pregnant and married." Her left hand proudly jumps into the air. "I married the man of my dreams and we're having a baby boy."

"Christ." He leans forward on his stool and brushes his lips over her cheek. "That's the best news I've heard in a long time, Zoe. No one deserves that more than you."

I finish the rest of the wine in my glass. "I need another drink."

"More wine?" He waves his hand towards the server.

"No. Get me a Tom Collins."

***

"You need legal advice and I'm a lawyer." He pushes both his hands against the edge of the small table. "I'll even waive my retainer for you, Vanessa."

It's a tempting offer. He's a probate attorney. He'd likely know better than anyone what I can do to gain access to my mother's safety deposit box but with his help comes an expectation.

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