l

in the elevator doors as soon as it appeared. My feet s

tary, an old battle ax of a woman who'd b

he rim of her glasses. "You're late Blake. Best go

liked my dad, so it would have been nice to have a few minutes to catch up. G

. "Before Danny's fanciful ideas have a

ld who would talk to or about my father that way. I loved Norma for it. "You're right. Before we

smile. I counted my interaction with her as a success and added th

ockets. Pausing his pacing down the length of the office, he turned to look at me. "Blake, there you are. I was wondering when you were going to grace us with your presence. D

n't make small talk often. We both preferred getting to the point

ing over paperwork swept his glasses from his face and stood up, e

my fist before he pulled me

od, Dad

before he nodded with satisfaction and went back to his chair. "I've been

words. People often said that Dad could have easily been mistaken for our older brother with the similarities between us. Jet b

rugged, lowering myself into a soft, black leather chair. "You

Danny said. "Social media is the way of the fut

rough my hair and winked at Dad.

s paperwork. "Neither of you have a cl

hot back. Dad was onl

damn sight mor

backrest. "I'll take that as a yes for the campaign, then. Moving on. The p

ly get behind it," I told him, reaching for my laptop in the bag beside

ager, actually. Dustin's a friend of mine, and he's be

laptop. "What he deser

the sheaf of papers on hi

know I didn't just say things like that, or make wild a

down on his desk and turned the screen to fac

ust told you, he's a friend. He wouldn't do that

as in charge, and not Danny. "I've run them agai

Danny spat.

but kept his glare on the back of my head. "Blake, I'll take a look at th

eing full of shit to block Dusti

ffice. Why would I randomly carry around evidence that someone's been steali

urge to punch my fucking brother in the face. He had a way of bringing out my inner teenage Neanderthal. "I

looking at then," Danny interjected

n the ground to assess the situation. The property is due

da sooner than expected, I was i

get there, the sooner you can st

to change my ticket. Danny was right about one