The guys were gone for an entire week. I had no idea how they could do that, but they did. I shouldn’t have been surprised. I avoided my mother during the week and only once spotted James. I’d been sitting in the study room, which looked like my school’s library when he walked in.
The door shut behind him. I lifted my head from the book I’d been reading. We stared at each other.
He was dressed in a pinstripe black business suit and he had a black briefcase in hand. When I saw a small brown bag in his other hand, I hid a grin. Mousteff must’ve gotten to him too.
Then he took a deep breath. “I am aware your relationship with your mother is none of my business, but I would like to get to know you at some point. I love your mother very much and I do not plan on letting her go.”
And then he
