“I’m going to do everything in my power to make this right, Patience. They are requesting a paternity test and claim that you are the one who said it wasn’t his child.”
“That’s alie,” I choked out.
Alley pulled me closer, and Landon grabbed a chair, pulling it in front of me. He took my hands in his.
“Sweetheart, I believe you. I know what this family is capable of. They are friends of my parents and even go to the same country club as them.” His voice was laced with unmistakable disgust. “I’ve been in court with them and grew up around the family.”
I gasped, unable to comprehend what an amazing, down-to-earth man Landon was when he came from a life so different.I knew he had nothing to do with his parents anymore. Nor did his sister, Summer.
He gave me a knowing look, but it was Alley who commented. “Hard to believe that my husband is cut from the same cloth as people who look down their noses at so many, like myself, and treat others so poorly. But my guy is amazing. A keeper. And nothing like them.”
Landon smiled fondly at Alley. “Thanks, honey.”
Those two had a long history, and his parents hadn’t made it easy. I’m glad they’d weathered the storm.
Would I?
Landon dropped my hands and stood. He moved back around his desk and sat down. “They’re going to lie. And they will useeveryresource in their arsenal. They are pushing that Chaz and his wife Sloane not only deserve time with Griffin that you denied them, but that they are a well-rounded family and best for him.”
“Chaz doesn’t care about Griffin. Something is going on. I don’t know what, but it has nothing to do with actually wanting time with his son.”
Landon blew out a breath. “And I plan to find out what that is.”
Nerves swam in my stomach. “Is the fact that they’re a married couple going to be really important to the courts if it goes that far?”
“It’s not going to hurt,” Landon said.
We’re getting married.
Then a little voice inside my head whispered…
Maybe that is the answer.
“I can’t lose my son to them.” I twisted my hands together. “Not even a little bit.”
Alley gave my shoulder a little bump. “Hey, you’re not going to lose him.”
I jumped up from the couch and turned to look at thehappy couple. I’d always wanted that. But there had only been one person I’d ever seen filling that position.
“Jett said he’d marry me,” I blurted.
Landon’s eyes widened, and Alley yelled, “What?”
Jett may not love me, but he could maybe save my son from being relegated to a family that didn’t have his best interests at heart.
Could I really take him up on his offer?
Chapter Ten
JETT
I shouldn’t have been surprised when Ruby showed up, knocking on my door.
What had shocked me was that it had taken her until almost noon to do it.
There she stood as I opened the door, with a worried look on her face, holding up a bag of food from our favorite diner. It was the place where she and my brother-in-law first had dinner, sparking their relationship; my sister claims it was the night she found her knight in shining armor.
Their marriage was one every couple should strive for. In fact, all their friends had amazing partnerships too, including Mabel and Leo, who owned the restaurant that had my stomach growling as the delicious aroma seeped from the brown paper bag my sister had clutched in her hand.
