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each other.
    “I think there’s trouble in paradise,” said
O’Brien when we were safely out of earshot.
    I giggled, releasing some of the pent up
emotion that I had been holding onto through the day. “I think you’re right.”
    Following my lawyer, I had another shock.
The band was waiting for me. It seemed that the day was full of surprises. Ash,
of course, looked completely bored with the entire situation. Personally I
thought that was a brave move considering I was sure that he was the one who
had known Jolena the best, even if it had been for only a short time. Vale
smiled at me encouragingly. The other three members of the band had also waited
for me. Dion, Sewell and Tim played guitar, bass and keyboard respectively. I
don’t think I was emphasizing enough how truly touched I was that the guys had
waited for me. I had never had any clients do that for me before and I was at
this point willing to forgive every chauvinistic, stupid statement any of these
guys had made.
    “She’s here now, can we go?”
    Except for Ash. Obviously the other guys
had used peer pressure, or whatever leverage required, to keep him here. Still,
I was going to look on the positive side and, for me, support from four out of
the five was an amazing result.
    I smiled at them. “Thanks for waiting for
me.”
    “Didn’t really have a choice.”
    Once again, I was going to ignore Ash.
    “You okay?” Vale asked quietly.
    “She’s fine,” said Ash impatiently as he
pushed himself away from the wall he had been leaning against. “I don’t know
why you need to baby her. She’s more capable than the entire lot of us put
together.” With that he stalked out towards the front of the station, leaving
the rest of us looking on in shock. It wasn’t often that Ash complimented
anyone and regardless of how it was delivered, that was a compliment.
    The lawyer, obviously used to dealing with
people in the music industry, was the first to recover and cleared his throat.
“I am sure I don’t need to remind any of you to contact me if there are any
further issues with the police. And can you gentlemen just tone it down for a
bit. I’ve got a full schedule for the next few days and the last thing I need
is you guys getting involved in a media circus. At the moment we have managed
to keep this quiet but you know better than anyone that this is going to blow
up in no time at all. When that happens do not be tempted to leave the grounds
of the mansion without a security detail, or without letting people know where
you are going. Do not comment to anyone and do not do anything stupid.”
    The guys gave him their best innocent looks
but, as I had thought, Harold O’Brien had obviously been working in this
industry for a while.
    “Just keep your heads down,” he warned.

Chapter Six
    When we got to the front of the station I
was not surprised when I found Lee, Griffin’s father, laughing with some of the
older cops.
    “So strange to see you here, Lee,” I said.
    Lee smiled, walked over and put an arm
around me.
    “This is my girl,” he stated proudly, and a
part of me melted.
    I adored Lee. He had been a single father
who raised Griffin after his mother had deserted them when Griffin was a baby. He
had been a cop who was suddenly thrust into a role he wasn’t prepared for. He’d
muddled through and Griffin had grown up into the man he was today. Not perfect
by any measure but he was a good and strong man and, in my opinion, that meant that
Lee had done an amazing job.
    “I’m here to take you home,” he said,
giving Vale a back off look.
    I had wondered how long it was going to
take Griffin before he realized that he had left me in the care of a man that
he didn’t know. Jorge looked relieved by this turn of events as well. I loved
the men in my life but I had a feeling that I was going to need to have a
little talk to them about backing off at times. That kind of protectiveness has
a tendency to become smothering. At this moment