Page 88 of Harmless Scandals

“Yes, but they don’t have a right to it. None of you are public figures and have been living a quiet life. I’m going to talk to our lawyers about it, but I’m sure you can claim that any story would be detrimental to your ability to earn money, or something like that. I’ll call you back after I talk to them. You call if that bitch calls, Serenity.”

“Of course.”

“Good. Our flight is about to take off and this is good timing. We had to be in Hawaii by Monday for a meeting, so we just moved it up a day. We should be there sometime in the middle of the night, but you know how to get hold of me on the plane.

“Yes.”

“Now, go eat some chocolate.”

Then she hung up.

“Wow. And that was your friend Nicola?” Mick asked.

She nodded. “Nicola McCann.”

He searched his memory. The name was familiar, then he remembered the controversy. “The skater?”

She nodded. “She works for Jensen Wulf as his assistant.”

“Wait, that was Jensen Wulf, billionaire, she was being rude to?”

She laughed. “She’s always rude to him. I feel a little better that a reporter hadn’t been the one to pick up on the story.”

“We missed that part,” Adam said.

“Oh, sorry. It must have been when we went to the beach a few weeks ago. Some tourist snapped a pic and didn’t realize until later that it was me. They went to the National Tattler to sell the pic. They started to investigate from there.”

“Do you think she can stop this?” Mick asked.

“Probably. She’s kind of scary when she goes into this mode.”

“I think we need to know more about your mother. She was the bitch Nicola was referring to, right?”

She nodded. “But like Nicola said, I need chocolate.”

With her belly full of chocolate and Kona Coffee, Serenity sighed and sipped her coffee. The guys had bought her a chair for the back lanai at their house.

She still cherished that thought. They hadn’t even said a thing. They just walked out on the lanai. Her chair sat in between their own chairs. She was one of them.

“So, tell us about your mother,” Mick said.

“I have. But, I think we need to be prepared that she knows, she will use it to get money for herself. She might be on TV a lot. And she will not hesitate to show up here and cause problems.”

Adam blinked. “She would show up here?”

“Yep.”

“Just like that. Knowing you’re against it?”

“My mother has never thought about anyone but herself.”

“Still?” Mick sounded incredulous.

She nodded then shrugged. “I would love to think she’s changed, but I’m fairly certain she hasn’t. See, she doesn’t have to, so she won’t. I think that’s why she loves Hollywood. They don’t force her to be anyone but the bitch she is. She fits in with a lot of the population. In the real world, she would be condemned for being a sucky mother. In Hollywood, it can be justified that she was trying to give me a future.”

“But it wasn’t your future, and it isn’t what you want,” Mick said.

“What did the folks say when you talked to Mom?” Adam asked.

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