Page 112 of Sweet Home Louisiana

They crossed the lobby to the elevators.Josh looked around and whistled.“This is nice.Kid can afford high level lawyers.”

“He’s from Virginia?”Maddie asked as they stepped onto the elevator.

“Alexandria,” Owen confirmed.

“Great.”She sighed.“His daddy’s probably a Senator or something.”

Josh nodded.“Possible.”

“Little shit thinks he’s going to get off,” Owen said.

Chase Dawson, aka the little shit, had hired an attorney immediately who had reached out within twenty-four hours of his arrest.Maddie had been willing to listen.Chase was headed to medical school in two weeks.Obviously a jail sentence for stealing their airboat and destroying it and their dock was going to get in the way of him showing up for day one of gross anatomy.

“Well, we already lied to Sawyer about this meeting,” Maddie said.

The elevator arrived on the sixth floor and they stepped off.

“We can’t let this kid off.Sawyer is so pissed already.If this kid doesn’t getsomethingfor what he did, Sawyer might have an aneurysm.”

“Oh, he’ll have to do something.Pay for everything at least, right?”Josh asked.

They stopped outside of the suite and looked at one another.

“So the kid has a rich dad who’s going to try to pay us off,” Maddie said.“Are we going to go for that?”

“What’s our alternative?”Owen asked.“Make him sit in jail?That doesn’t get the dock rebuilt and…” He shrugged.“We’ve all made some pretty bad decisions and done some stupid stuff, right?”

Josh and Maddie had nothing to say to that.Because yeah, of course they had.

“Okay, so let’s hear what they have to say,” Maddie said.

Josh pulled the door open and they went inside.

Bennett was already in the conference room with another man in a suit.They both looked completely comfortable in the leather chairs around the mahogany table in front of floor to ceiling windows that overlooked the French Quarter.

“Nate, this is Madison Allain, Owen Landry, and Josh Landry.My partners,” Bennett said, coming to his feet and buttoning the top button on his suit jacket.It seemed like a habit and Maddie smiled.The guy was as comfortable in Armani as Owen was in blue jeans.It was so interesting to see the guys next to each other.

Owen and Josh were both in khakis and button-down shirts today, though.That was as dressed up as they’d likely get, but they cleaned up good.

Nate shook each of their hands and indicated that they should sit.“Chase and Juliet should be here soon.”

“Chase and Juliet?”Owen asked, holding a chair out for Maddie and then taking the one next to her.

“Chase paid his bail but his sister, Juliet, came down and made sure he stayed.She intends to have him make up for what happened.”

Bennett lifted a brow.“Chase’s sister is going to makehimmake up for what happened?”he repeated.“What does that mean?”

Nate nodded.“Juliet is an attorney in Virginia.”

Maddie remembered him threatening to call her when Maddie had refused his refund.So his lawyer sister was coming to bail him out after all.

“Oh great,” Owen said.“The kid has a lawyer for a sister.”

“So she has an offer to pay for everything or what?”Josh asked.

“I should wait for them to get here,” Nate said.“But…” He trailed off and eyed them each.“I maybe shouldn’t tell you this, but Juliet and Chase are the daughter and son of Wilson Dawson.”

Bennett frowned.“Wilson Dawson?”

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