#Chapter 95: Adult Conversation

Liam’s POV Nerves spiking, I tapped my hands against the wooden armrests of the uncomfortable chair I found myself sitting in. I was in my lawyer’s office, with him occasionally peering at me from overtop the mountain of paperwork towering on his desk. When he looked, I stopped fidgeting. As his gaze fell away, I immediately began to fidget again. I’d been this way since walking in here an hour ago, when I arrived straight from work. I was waiting to hear back from an earlier phone call I’d made. Until that call came back through, I wouldn’t be able to relax. My lawyer was already appraised of the situation. Everything was ready for the next steps. We just needed that phone call to come through. When my phone finally started ringing, I was so amped up that I’d jumped straight up from the chair like it had ejected me. Phone in my hand, I answered at once. “This is Liam.” “I have them. They’re safe,” said the man on the other end of the line. I paused a moment. “Them? It