Page 121 of Breaking His Law

Then we move on.

Eli

And never speak about what happened again.

Cole

I agree.

Me

Show me.

My patience is on a knife edge. It has been for weeks. I feel like a shaken bottle of champagne about to explode.

A link to a news article followed by dozens more appear in the chat one after the other, making me clutch my cell in confusion. I tap open each one and skim read them.

Me

What is this?

Eli

Arianna helped us to get this information. She helped us set Julie up.

Max

As repayment and to apologize. To fix us.

Cole

Forgive her.

Eli

We spoke to Mom.

Cole

We can’t go on like this. Not talking to you every day is killing me.

“It’s killing me too.” Max appears in my office doorway, snapping my attention off my phone and onto Eli and then Cole behind him.

It’s Saturday; what the hell are they doing in the office?

“I messed up. I won’t let that happen again.” I hope they believe me.

“It’s what we would have done, too,” Eli admits.

“You were right to go through the case again,” Cole explains further. “It confirmed how great Dad is.”

I lift my chin. He really was a great lawyer. I just hope he’s as proud of us as we are of him.

“Go to her. Fix it,” Max states.

My eyes widen in shock. “That’s what Dad told me to do too.”

“He told us, too.” Max’s lips twitch at the corners.

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