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smiled. “Oh good. I thought for sure you were going to call me your
sweetheart or some other bullshit name before you got to the fucking point.” Victor
looked at Micah as if he was confused. Micah said nothing. To be honest, he was
enjoying this too much to say anything right now. “And as for your damages, as
you called it, I’m not paying shit to you. As a matter of fact, I was going to
have my attorney come to you about paying off Shane’s. Good of you to save us
some time.”
    “Now see here. I’m not paying a dime to you.
That boy of yours should have been locked up instead of pampered in the bed
like he didn’t do anything wrong. Just look at my boy. He’s been hurt and
humiliated enough without you dragging a lawyer into this.” Rylee snorted. “You
might want to take it down a bit there, girl. I’m a big man in this town.”
    “You are at that. What do you weigh, three,
three-fifty? I’m betting that you haven’t pushed that bulk of yours away from
the table before your platter was empty in years.” She looked him up and down,
and Micah had to put his hand over his mouth and bite hard on his hand to keep
from getting himself hurt from laughing at either of them. Victor looked like
someone had poleaxed him. Twice. “And have you looked at that son of yours? And
so you know, males over eighteen aren’t boys in this country, but full-grown
adults, and he needs to be treated as one by the law for breaking it. Not
pampered like you think my Shane is getting.”
    “Where is this paragon of goodness you call
your nephew? Perhaps I want to hear his side of this story. Doesn’t mean I’m
going to change my mind, but I need to see right now what kind of kid you’re raising.
And don’t think I don’t know all about you either. I had you investigated,
Captain Rylee McClure. You might have to take another job or two before I’m
done with your ass.” He laughed at her when she took a step forward, and Micah
looked at Nolan. In that moment Micah was proud of his brother more than he’d
ever been. He didn’t move, and it looked to him like he was relaxed. Just on
the outside he was sure, but for all appearances, Nolan was letting her handle
this. For now, it seemed. “Well?”
    Everyone turned to the bed. Micah kept an eye
on the Simpson men, as did Nolan, but everyone else was staring at the bed. Victor
turned to Rylee again and asked her if she was kidding.
    “No. That’s my nephew.” In seconds she had
turned from the bed and just blurred into action. She had flipped Simpson up
and over her shoulder and to the floor in one fluid motion. Micah had never
noticed the long knife she held at Victor’s throat, and had no idea where it
had come from. No one moved. Not even Nolan, who looked as if his cat was ready
to attack. When Rylee spoke, her voice bespoke calmness and control of her temper.
In no way did Micah think she was either. “You ever threaten me again or my
status as his aunt, and I will hunt you down and show you what a real man is in
the form of Captain Rylee McClure. I am not without my own means of making you
pay, and I’m reasonably sure that my way is going to hurt you in ways you
cannot even fathom.”
    When Walter moved to no doubt hurt Rylee,
Nolan came up behind him and put him to the floor by bending Walter’s arm up
behind him and nearly to his shoulder. It was a good move, as Walter couldn’t
have moved without breaking his arm.
    “Well now. This is going well, don’t you
think?” No one answered Joey as he pulled things from his briefcase. He, unlike
the rest of the room, wasn’t hiding his good humor. “Mr. Simpson…Victor…I
wanted to let you know that as of this morning, I have filed charges against
your son in the attempted murder of my client. Also, the school board has…well,
after a long talk with my mom and grandmother, you are no longer a part of the
board. It amazed all of us how much you had them under your control. Not
anymore. Also, you should know