Chapter 240
Howard was still bristling like a feral cat, but he hesitated, eyes on Simon’s face. “I’m starting to think you’re telling the truth,” he said. “If your deal is a postponement and visitation, CPS is the wrong move. You’re not that dumb.”
“Thank you for noticing,” Simon said. “I have not even spoken of this with my parents. Something for which you should be grateful: as Stahl will tell you, what my father claims as his own, he keeps. Believe me, I embrace the thought of his involvement as much as you might. I wish…I wish only to have the opportunity to get to know her. To decide how best to proceed. For her sake.”
Stahl did not look convinced, but much as Simon was the intelligent one of his family, Howard led the group on the other side. “If you’re so damn smart, how’d you knock Mace up in the first place?”
Howard rubbed at his face in a not-entirely-successful effort to cover a smirk and an eyeroll. “I’ll explain it when you’re older, honey.”