Chapter Twenty-Eight
At least one person was happy about this turn of events. His manager, Mikey, practically danced a jig when Padric called to tell him the news. “So I can take the tabloids off node-watch?”
“No more nodes. Thanks for making this happen. I needed the break.”
“I’m just glad that’s all it was. A break. I was starting to worry.”
“You worried for nothing.” His voice sounded just as empty as his broken heart. “But I guess that’s your job.”
“Yeppers. I worry so you don’t have to. Alrighty then, checking the calendar now.” Padric smiled at the way Mikey always narrated his actions. “When should we book your flight to Stockholm?”
“I just need a day or so to wrap things up here. You book it, I’ll be on it.”
“You just made me the happiest man in London.”
And he was the most
