Something About Lorelei(53)
“Thank you.” She picked up Luna. “I’m sorry I missed you both last night.”
“Don’t apologize. You need your rest. I’ll be bringing her by after school.”
“She isn’t giving you a hard time, is she?”
“Nah. She’s a good kid.”
“Good. Words can’t express how grateful I am that you’re looking after her. I don’t know how I’ll ever repay you.”
I gave her a tender smile as I lightly squeezed her hand.
“It’s the least I can do since you do so much for me.”
“What do I do for you, Jack?”
“God, I don’t think there’s enough time to list everything. You get my coffee every morning, you put up with my yelling, you pick up my clothes from the cleaners. Hell, Lorelei, you even buy my condoms.”
“All those things are part of my job.”
“Maybe so, but this is my way of repaying you.”
“Can you do me a favor?” she asked.
“Anything.”
“Could you go back to my apartment and get my phone. It’s on my nightstand.”
“Of course. I’ll bring it by later. I better get going. You need your rest and I have to get to the office.” I leaned over and pressed my lips against her forehead. “I’ll see you later, Lorelei.”#p#分页标题#e#
“Bye, Jack.”
After Tony dropped me off at the office, I handed him the keys to Lorelei’s apartment and asked him to get her phone and bring it to me. I also asked him to grab her sketchbook. Maybe once she started to feel a little better, she would want it.
My first mission was to get Hope’s lunch to her. Sitting at my desk, I called the deli down the street.
“I need to order a ham and cheese sandwich on white bread. Also, throw in a bag of chips.”
“Is there anything else, Mr. Sutton?”
“Do you have any fruit?”
“We have apples.”
“Put an apple in the bag and one of your fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. I need it delivered to Hope Flynn at Sunnyview Elementary School in Harlem.”
“We don’t deliver that far.”
I sighed. “Okay. Have it delivered here to my office at eleven fifteen sharp.”
“Will do, Mr. Sutton.”
After ending the call, a text message from Coco came through.
“On my way to LA. I thought you like to have these. They’re sweet, Jack.”
She sent the two pictures she took of me and Hope. I closed out of it as Garrett walked in my office.
“How’s Hope?” he asked.
“She’s fine.”
“She’s an adorable little girl.”
I smiled. “Yeah. She looks so much like Lorelei.”
“Anyway, do you need me to call the temp agency to send over someone until Lorelei gets back?”
“Nah. Lorelei is such a good PA, I’m afraid she’s spoiled me. Anyone that would replace her wouldn’t be good enough and I’d end up making them cry.”
“Okay. That’s all I wanted to know.”
“How was dinner with my sister last night?”
“It was good. Why?”
I shrugged. “I was just curious. That’s all. It was odd running into the two of you there.”
He narrowed his eye at me. “We talked earlier in the day and I told her I was going to visit Lorelei. She said she was going as well and that we should go together. Neither one of us had eaten, so we decided to stop and have dinner after. Is that a problem, Jack?”
“No. No problem.”
Shortly after Garrett walked out of my office, Tony walked in with Lorelei’s phone.
“Ah, good. I’m going to need you to drop off Hope’s lunch to her at school as soon as it gets here.”
Tony gave me a small smile.
“What? What’s that look for?” I asked.
“Nothing, Jack.” He continued smiling.
Chapter Thirty-Four
Jack
Hope walked out of the school and approached me with a sad look on her face. Patting her head, I asked, “What’s wrong?”
“I’m one of the top ten students in the school who made the final spelling bee round. It’s tomorrow for all the parents and my mom can’t be there because she’s in the hospital.” She looked down and slumped her shoulders as we headed to the car.
I didn’t know what to say to her. She looked so sad.
“What time is the spelling bee? Maybe I can come and watch you.”
Tony looked at me through the rearview mirror.
She reached inside her backpack and pulled out a note, handing it to me.
“It says here that the spelling bee is at one o’clock. One o’clock is a good time for me. I’ll schedule you in.” I gave her a wink.