“That will be something we can all talk about tonight. Clay has a few things he found out late last night.”
“About what?”
“We’ll talk later. Here he is now. I’m going to leave and let him stay with you until the tow truck gets here. You know I want you on the farm with Rory.”
“I’ve got to be in court today,” she said. “I can’t put my clients on hold. I have no reason to.”
“We’ll talk tonight. You know damn well Clay and Mom and Dad are going to want to keep a better eye on you. Me too.”
“I’m safe in the courthouse,” she said. “If need be, without a car, someone has to kind of drive me around anyway.”
“And I’ll make sure that is brought up too.”
Clay pulled to a stop and got out, went to talk to Ford and then came to her.
“Don’t even tell me to not go into work,” she said. “I can see it on your face.”
“What time do you have court?” Clay asked.
She looked at her watch. “In an hour.”
“I’m bringing you to court and then you can call me or Ford to come get you and bring you back to the office. Then we’ll pick you up when you close. You’re not to be alone at all. Do you hear me? It’s that or I’m your bodyguard until we get this situated.”
She shivered. That might be worse than living on the property, which she knew damn well was going to be the next thing they’d want her to do.
She’d give them another option before tonight and she hoped they’d listen to her.
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BE OPEN TO IT
“Before we get started,” she said. “I’m not staying here with Rory. I know that is what you’re going to say and it’s not happening. But I’ve got an alternative.”
“I don’t like you away from me,” Rory said. “I brought this on you and someone needs to be close by.”
“That’s right,” Clay said. “You did. But my sister isn’t innocent since she’s got to stick her nose into everything.”
“Enough,” she said, holding her hand up. “I don’t want to argue. We know I’ve got more skills than you all when it comes to that. Maybe I don’t want to be alone either, but I don’t like being on the property where I’m not comfortable.”
“If you get too comfortable,” he said, “that is when shit happens.”
“Clay, put cameras in my condo. Or at least on the front door. No one can come in through a window, there are cameras on the building already.”
Rory watched while Ford and Clay looked at each other. “I told you she’d say that,” Ford said.
“There you go. It’s already been brought up. I’m positive you’ve got the ones that were on Meredith’s place.”
“I do,” Clay said. “And can get them set up today. It’s not what I like, but as long as you are both prepared.”
Ford cleared his throat. Rory had another gun and more ammo. He wasn’t going anywhere without one on his ankle. Fuck getting caught with it at this point.
He’d deal with the consequences later if he had to.
But they wouldn’t talk about it in front of Ford and he’d honor it.
“We will be,” Gale said. “It’s not like I’ve got a car, so we’ll have to figure that out.”
“Your brake line was stabbed,” Ford said. “Same as Rory’s. So yeah, not smart there.”
