She ended up calling her mother after the closed-door meeting with Paul and her husband, BK. She hadn’t told her mom yet what had happened to her earlier in Bergen. She just asked how she was and she seemed okay. No problem at all. Anyway, she was the only one being sought, and they didn’t know where her mom was.
“How is she?”
“She said she’s fine. But I still don’t feel at ease,” she said, glancing at her husband.
“I’ll just ask Paul for security for your mom, baby.” She turned to her husband beside her. His friends had already gone home. They didn’t even stay for dinner because some had loved ones waiting.
“T-that’ll cost something, right? I don’t have money.”
Her husband smiled at her. “What do you think your husband does?”
“This isn’t part of the deal, BK.”
Her husband paused. H
