‘I was with my girl.’ I muttered inaudibly to myself as I listened to Amanda’s diatribe.
“Well, here we are now, and I’m glad—"
“Glad you got a chance to be alone with me, right? You don’t need to say it again.”
“Robert, D would have come, and this would have been a proper family meeting. I told you he had something urgent come up, and I'm not leaving Orlando anytime soon. I know you're not, either. We could reschedule the meeting, and I guarantee he'll show up. I'll forcefully drag him with me if I have to.”
“He blew this opportunity, so I'm not optimistic.”
“Robert! Remember, he's your son. He is a product of your flesh and blood, irrespective of what I’ve done and—"
“Oh, Amanda, just cut it!” I interrupted, and she stopped talking.
“Your tactics in getting me alone worked, but
