Braxton
He was truly relieved to not only see Leigh step between himself and his mother, Veronica, but to hear her actually defend him as well. He had not been expecting her to do that at all. He could have bloody hugged her in that moment, when she told his mother that it wasn’t entirely his fault.
Though he had seen her look at him fully amused at the thought of him being put on that shaming post at first, and he’d honestly thought she’d wanted to see it happen for a moment, likely think it would be very funny. He did not know this woman at all, only the very defensive side to her.
He had no idea what made her happy, amused or laugh on a normal day, though she seemed to think punishment of any kind was amusing. That was all he could glean from her at the moment. She’d thought it was a
