Briar entered her apartment after putting her laundry on to see Liev and Garold standing to the side of the living room, speaking quietly. Hadlee was still sitting at the table sullenly eating French toast by herself. She pushed her irritation at the situation away and moved to the kitchen and took the seat Liev had vacated. She pulled his fork and stabbed Hadlee’s strawberries, startling her from her daydream. She winked at her and took a big bite of her food.
“What are you thinking Hadlee?”
“Who is he?” she looked to Garold and whispered to Briar. “Dad seems really angry with him. He said your name twice and Dad barely said a word, but the other guy seems afraid of him.”
She chuckled, “he’s your dad’s best friend.”
Hadlee blinked at the two men squaring off in the living room. “They’
