“The same.”
Mo swallowed hard. “And this Senator Carlsman was Corbin’s brother, and you didn’t know?”
“No clue.” Her own fury raged. “My family knew Corbin was Senator Carlsman’s brother and never told me so they could keep having him come and stay at The Haven. My own parents...”
A soft knock on the door pulled her back to the present.
“It’s me.” Cal’s voice came through the door.
“Come in,” Mo called, without turning her loose.
Cal slipped in and closed the door behind him. “Sorry to interrupt. It looked like your uncles and your dad were going to come to blows in the parking lot. I suggested they take it off the property.”
Mo resumed rubbing small circles on her back. “Did they?”
“It took a little bit of encouragement.” Cal gave Mo a lookthat didn’t show up on his face often. “I may have indicated that I have arrest authority.”
“You do not.”
“I didn’t say I did.” Cal shrugged. “It’s not my fault if they made assumptions.”
Bronwyn forced herself to step back from Mo. “Did they leave?”
“They did. And Brick happened to be parked outside the gate, and he followed them.”
Bronwyn had a bad feeling about this. “Where did they go?”
“To your grandmother’s.”
Cal and Mo exchanged a look but neither said anything.
“Even on her deathbed, Grandmother can handle them. I’ve had all I can handle of the Pierces today.” She turned to Mo. “Take me home?”
“Of course.”
A few minutes later, Cal climbed behind the wheel, but Mo slid in beside her in the back of the cab. Cal turned around and asked, “Where to?”
Mo answered, “My house.”
Cal started the truck and drove off The Haven grounds. No one spoke for the first several miles. “Mo?” Cal said.
“Yeah.”
“What do you need?”
“I need you to stay in touch with Gray and Marcus. I’m going to be deep in the files, but I don’t want to be out of the loop.”
“You got it. Bronwyn, what about you?”
What did she need? There were too many things for her to narrow down.
Cal caught her eye in the rearview mirror. “Ice cream?”
“Ice cream would be great, but I can’t take from a pregnant woman. That’s criminal.”
He laughed. “My beautiful wife made a run to the store while we were out. Lionel restocked. She bought five pints.”
“I love your wife.”
