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“How long will that take, do you think?”
Again, Harry’s eyes sought out James
Shit again
“That’s undeter sentenced Monday ”
Parker’s hand went to her ?”
“Like what, Parker?” he asked
“I—I don’t know”
“I’ll be fine I have a great team”
“A great teareed
Lucy got up from theseat and went to Parker’s side Took her hand Good girl, Ja her friends, and so far as he could tell, Lucy here and the Paragon of Perfection otherwise known as Ethan Mirabelli were her closest Or so it seemed from those dreaded family events he’d attended
“It’s really nothing,” Harry said “I’m not even sure I’ll have to serve any real time”
Ja at somewhere around five years His case wasn’t the clusterfuck that some Wall Streeters had been involved in of late, but it was a clear-cut case And after Bernie Madoff and the Occupy h to go easy on a case like this
“As I said, you’ll have toyou’ll take Apollo”
You know, Ja with Harry He loved the guy, yeah But he was a pretty big idiot around his daughter And yep, here it came
Parker’s voice hardened “Take Apollo? You’re worried about your snake, Harry? How about your grandson? The one you robbed? Where should I take your grandson, Harry?”
“I’m sure his father would take him”
“I’ away fro red now
“You can both live with us, Parker,” Lucy said “We’ll figure so out”
“No! Lucy, thank you But no Harry, Ethan and Lucy just gotin with them! What about your apartment? You could sell that and—”
“Parker,” Jaently as he could “The SEC has seized all your father’s assets The apart”
She glanced out the“There goes the Steinway Holy crap” She sed, then looked at James, her expression bleak “When do I have to be out?”
“They’ll leave your rooms for last,” he said “You have till the end of the month”
“This month?”
“This month,” Vernon confirmed
She squeezed her pinkie again “Okay,” she said, biting her lip “Well, that’s… I was actually thinking it ht not be a bad idea to move to a smaller place”
“Smaller place Not a bad idea,” Vernon echoed, and Jae to duct-tape his mouth shut
“Let o call Ethan, okay, Parker?” Lucy said
“Okay,” Parker said distantly
“Look,” Lucy said more firmly “You’re not alone in this Okay? I have some money put aside, and you’d do the same for me We’re family”
Harrynoise
“Shut up, Harry,” Lucy snapped “You should be grateful she has friends when her own father does this to her”
Score one for Team Lucy
“Thanks, Luce” Parker said “But it’s fine I’ll be fine But sure, go call Ethan Fill him in”
Whereupon the Paragon would no doubt charge up the driveway on his white horse and rescue the mother of his child Which, no doubt, Parker would love Jahed
Harry was staring at the python, and Jahter as s would be a lot less chilly in the Welles family
“So one,” she said “The stock ?”
Harry still didn’t look at her “Anything you had through Welles Financial is now unavailable”
“Unavailable?”
“I’ll get it back, Parker!” Harry snapped “You have what’s in your checking account at the s?”
“No! You told ? You’re a felon I took advice frouess I should’ve stuffed soh
Clearly the neas catching up with her She ran a hand through her long hair, the strands falling back into place Smooth, silky hair that— Been there, worshipped that, his conscience chided
“I can believe you took my money,” she said “But I can’t believe you stole Nicky’s That’s really low, Harry Even for you”
“It was necessary,” he barked
“For what? For covering your ass?”
James held up his hands “Okay, okay, let’s just…let’s try to calm down This is a lot to take in Your father made a mistake—”
“HowOne?” she asked abruptly
James hesitated