He grins but sobers quickly. “I love you. This is scary, Lola. I don’t want to do anything to jeopardize your career, but this man took five years from us. He’s not going to take it well when I fire his ass, and I want to make sure you’re completely protected when I do so.”
“When are you firing him?”
“As soon as Wade has enough to put him away for good. Are we close, Wade?”
“We’ve got some good stuff, but I’m afraid he’d be able to get out of all of this. We need more.”
“That’s what I was afraid you’d say.”
There’s a racket behind Tully, and he winces.
“I hate being so far away from you right now,” he says. “If you’re not able to get away, I’ll come to you.”
“You can’t miss your games.” I shake my head.
He lifts his shoulder. “I’ll do whatever I have to. Watch her like a hawk, Wade.”
“I will,” Wade says.
“I’ll call you when the game is over.” He puts his fingers to his lips and places them on the screen. “Love you.”
“I love you,” I say softly.
I look at my schedule and decide to try something. I call the first client.
“Hey, Megan. It’s Lola Donavan.”
“Lola! Hey! How are you?”
“Well, things have gotten a little crazy on my end. I’m having a…family emergency…and need to go out of town. I have a crazy proposal. Would you have time for me to do your piece tonight?”
“Uh…like when?”
“Half hour, hour?”
“Oh!” She laughs. “Um, yeah. I could do that.”
“Really? That would help me so much. Thank you!”
Wade levels me with a look. “I guess that means I’m going to be up late, huh?”
I grin. “If all works out how I’m hoping, yes.”
I make five more calls and have three appointments tonight and three tomorrow, starting at eight in the morning.
“I’ll make you some coffee at the shop,” I tell Wade.
It’s late before Tully calls, and he’s surprised to see me at work. I have one more client to go, and it’ll be a quick one.
“You look good,” he says, grinning.
“You do too,” I say, smiling wide. “Great game. I was working, but Wade was watching the game, so I heard some in the background.”
“What are you doing at work so late?”
“I moved six of my appointments to tonight and tomorrow morning, and then looked at your schedule to see what’s next. After Colorado, you’ll have home games leading up to the wedding, which is perfect. Camden and Juju knew what they were doing.”
“You all know more about my schedule than I do.” He laughs.
