Chapter 7

Cody

"Have a minute to spare?" Lee asks, peeking his head through my office door.

"Come in." I answer and he enters.

"Where's Sam?"

"She's running an errand for me."

"With a lady? Who's she?" Lee asks with interest, sitting on one of the chairs in front of my desks. I groan inwardly.

"How do you know about her?"

"So you do have a new girl! Finally." He grinned. "Kylie asked me about her the other day."

"How does Kylie know about her?"

He shrugs. "Beats me. I didn't ask because I didn't believe her. What's her name?"

"Is that what you came here to talk about?" I frown.

"No and yes." He nods.

"No?"

"Mother called me this morning, saying she wanted to meet us three." He suddenly grew serious.

"Why does she want to meet the three of us?" My frown grows deeper.

"I have no idea but I also don't want to go." I nod slowly, growing more and more angry at the sound of meeting Mother and my sister. "But she said it's urgent."

I relax in my seat and rub my temples to calm myself do