Chapter 189: Zero Percent
Few minutes before the close of work, Abigail paced back and forth as she tried to figure out the best way to ride in the car with Genevieve and not have her talk about any of their discussions about their father or ask Jamal any question that might make Ryan be in doubt of Jamal’s loyalty.
She couldn’t possibly tell Genevieve about the car key since that would make Genevieve wonder how she knew, and there was no way she could leave the key in the office.
Or could she? Maybe she could say she had forgotten it in her desk drawer? That would give her time to talk to Josh and tell him that whenever they were in her room or alone and she was holding her car key he shouldn’t refer to her as Mom or talk about Ryan.
Would that work? Damn Ryan for making her have to overthink everything. Now she couldn’t even have a normal conversation with her son without being worried.
If only she had not talked to Genevieve and opened up to her earlier, then she wouldn’t have to worry about riding in the car with her.
She couldn’t leave the key behind. It was expected that she’d be so excited to see her car that she wouldn’t leave the key behind at the office.
Deciding that the only way to go was to borrow Ryan’s half truth style, she walked out of her office and headed for Genevieve’s office.
Jamal raised his head from his laptop screen as he watched her go, and she flashed him a smile, "I need to talk to Genny. She is in, right?" She asked softly.
Jamal gave her a nod, wondering what she wanted to talk to Genevieve about but not asking her any questions since he was still fighting with his conscience about telling Callan what he knew about his mother.
Abigail knocked on Genevieve’s door and when she heard Genevieve’s response she stepped into the office.
Genevieve smiled. "I guess you ready to go home?"