Page 22 of Cash

He needed to call Wes; he would be late for camp today. He didn't know if he was more pissed about being dragged out of bed and having to drive to the city, or that he was going to miss the first day of camp. He could hopefully get there late, but it would take a while.

He called Wes. After the fourth ring he answered.

"Hello," he said with a sleepy voice.

"Hey man, I had a family thing come up. I won't be there till probably after lunch time."

"What's going on?" Wes asked, sounding irritated.

"My nephew is in the city...maybe he ran away. I don't fucking know. I'm going to call Conner and see if he can come in and help."

"Okay, do what you need to do. I'll bring Kate with me just in case Conner can't be there. I know she's not a professional player, but she's definitely good enough to help out until you get there."

"Thanks, man. I'll be there as soon as I can. I'm calling Conner right now."

"See ya."

He hung up with Wes and called Conner, who picked up pretty quickly.

"Why the fuck are you calling me?" Conner grumbled out.

"I'm sorry to wake you up so early," he said.

"Is everything okay?" he heard Sasha ask.

"It's Cash," he grumbled.

"Is he in jail?" she asked.

"No, I'm not in jail. What the fuck?"

"Hold on...you're on speaker,” Conner said.

"What's going on Cash, do I need to get Hillary for damage control?" Sasha asked.

"Sasha, what the fuck do you think I did? No, everything's fine."

"If everything's fine, why are you calling me before five?" Conner grumbled.

"Fair point. I have a favor to ask..."

"Hold on..."

He heard more rummaging around.

"I'll be right back, baby. Go back to sleep."

And there was another long pause.

"What's up? Is everything okay?"

"Yeah. I think my nephew might have run away or something. He's at Penn Station in the city with no money. I'm on my way to get him."

"Is he okay?"

"I think so. I don't know what's going on, but I was supposed to do that camp today for the charity auction and I don't know when I'll make it. Wes is going to bring Kate, but they paid money to play with two professional players."

"Gotcha. I can be there, but not till after ten. I have a meeting at nine."

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