DEMETRIA
After the text with Marion, I got ready to leave. I sent a message back asking him why he said he would handle it when I said I was taking my dad to watch the Lakers game. I have to ask Anastasia if they are playing a game this week. Her guy is a sports lawyer; maybe he might help.
While I was dressing, I saw my phone vibrating, knowing it was him. He’ll call back. That I know. The basketball game is a surprise thing I want to do for my dad because, aside from horse racing, he loves watching basketball games. A Lakers fan. As if he lives in Los Angeles.
I locked the front door behind us and slipped my purse over my shoulder. Papá walked beside me down the hallway, hands casually in his pockets, humming some old ranchera under his breath. His presence in my space still felt sur
