“Our?”
“Mine and Brantley’s.”
Atticus nodded.“I agree.”
And that much was true.He’d officially worked with Archer for less than a day, but he got the feeling he was going to learn a lot from the man.Plus, it helped that Archer treated him like an equal, rather than a newbie who was lacking in the smarts department.
When Reese didn’t say anything more, Atticus gestured toward the door.“We’re about to head out, if that’s cool.”
Reese nodded.“Y’all be safe on the road.We’ll let you know as soon as we have hotel info.And we’ll shoot you a text when we get there.”
With a quick thumbs up, Atticus headed for the conference room to pack up his things.
After leaving Brantley’s, Travis headed for hisparents’, wanting to make a plan for where the kids would be staying while he and Gage were in Dallas.It was an impromptu trip, and while they were usually happy to let the kids stay the night, he did not want to bombard his mom and dad.Five kids were a lot for anyone to deal with, even if most of them were relatively self-sufficient at this point.
“Did you ever meet Kylie’s mother?”Gage asked.
“No.She was gone by the time I met Kylie,” he admitted.
“Did she ever talk much about her?”
Travis shook his head.“I got the impression she was angry at her, so I never pushed.”He glanced at Gage.“She ever talk to you about her?”
“Not much.I tried a time or two, but she closed up whenever Meredith was mentioned.”
Yeah, that was how Travis remembered those conversations going.According to the story, Meredith had up and left when Jessie turned eighteen, heading out for greener pastures and never looking back.Kylie and her sister were close with their father, and they didn’t have a problem with their father’s girlfriend.
Now that they had bits and pieces of Holt’s conspiracy theory, Travis had to wonder whether Meredith had left in order to keep them safe.
Or maybe she disappeared because she was a selfish bitch and didn’t give a shit about anyone.
It was far too early to tell.
“Did she ever mention her mom havin’ an affair with a student?”
Travis’s nose curled in distaste.He’d heard the same in Brantley’s voice when he relayed that detail.If it were true, he hoped like fuck that woman had spent at least a portion of these past couple of decades in prison.
“No.I have to think she didn’t know.”At least he hoped she’d been spared that information.
“Do you think we should tell Jessie that her mom’s in town?”
Travis jerked his head toward Gage.“No.Jesus.”
“You don’t think she might want to know?”
“Why would she?The woman ran out on them.”
“True.But that doesn’t mean she’s given up on her altogether.”
Travis didn’t understand why not.Why would Jessie want to let Meredith back in her life when she couldn’t be bothered to stick around when she should have?
“I don’t think we should mention it,” Travis told him.“Not until Brantley and them have more information.”
“And you think Max is gonna just pass over details to enlighten them?”
Travis huffed a laugh.“Not a chance.But I want to see Max’s reaction when he hears about it.”
“Chances are once that happens, this Martin Calloway guy will end up missing or dead,” Gage drawled, his attention out the window.
