He walked slowly to his own house, feeling grateful again that his parents had kept it for him all these years. It was good to know he had a place to land with family all around him.
What if I lived here all year? What if Cody came to live with me?
But he couldn’t really consider that. Cash Law as an entity was too big, and too many other people earned a living through him for Cash to just disappear into obscurity.
Plus, Cody already lived with his aunt, who he had known all his life. It would be wrong to change that.
Unless…
Her face was in his mind again—that shy, luminous smile, and the way he felt easy with her from the moment he walked in.
Understandably, she didn’t really trust him. He knew that, and he knew why. It would take time to earn her confidence. But he felt comfortable with her anyway, in a way that he hadn’t with new people ever since he’d become Cash Law.
And then there was that moment…
When he’d put his hand over hers, he’d felt a wave of emotion that made him see stars. He hadn’t felt that way since…
Don’t think about it.
Thank goodness she had snatched her hand away and they had moved past it. He definitely didn’t need to complicate things with Cody by havingmomentswith his guardian.
He jogged up the steps of his house, kicking off the snow on the porch, and went inside.
As he got ready for bed, he couldn’t help thinking about the town snowball fight on Saturday. He would have loved something like that as a kid. Hopefully, Cody would really want him to come. Maybe the kid just wanted to play with his friends. Cash would have to really pay attention and back off if he got a sense that Cody didn’t want him joining in.
On his way to his room, he finally slid his phone out of his pocket.
There were so many messages and missed calls, and it normally would have twisted his stomach to see it. Somehow though, being back in this place and meeting his son had given him perspective on what was most important to him.
He sat on the edge of the bed as he navigated to his chat with Aimee and typed out a quick message.
just finally checking my phone
haven’t slept yet so no time to catch up on earlier messages until tomorrow
you got my message to cancel the late show, right?
He sort of wondered if maybe she had given up and gone to bed. But three dots appeared instantly.
aimee
yes, late show was canceled
He waited for her to light intohim. He knew it couldn’t have been easy for her to cancel with a major network on the day of his appearance. He had surely burned some bridges for himself, and maybe for Aimee too.
But she left it at that, and he congratulated himself for about the millionth time on having the most ethical manager in show business.
thank you, you know i appreciate you
aimee
did you get to see him?
He smiled, feeling happy to have someone else to share the news with.
i did, we even jammed together, he’s amazing
aimee
