Page 70 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

It was eight in the morning and not when Spencer would normally call.

“Sitting in the airport,” Spencer said. “Not how I wanted to spend my holiday. My flight got canceled yesterday and I’m stuck in Chicago. Or I was last night. I came in early to see what my chances are of getting a flight home earlier today, but I’m sure I’m out of luck on a waiting list. And today of all days, we know what the chances of that happening are.”

“If it weren’t a holiday I’m sure I could have sent one of the helicopters to you,” he said.

Spencer laughed. “Too rich for my blood.”

Coy often forgot that he could just call up a helicopter whenever he wanted. But being stuck in an airport, though not wonderful, wasn’t the worst thing either.

“Have you tried renting a car?”

“Do you know how horrible it will be driving home today?” Spencer said. “Might as well just pray for the best. All I know is I better get one hell of a bonus out of this deal at work if it closes. Everyone else was able to get home on time, but I had to stay for another meeting with a later flight.”

“Which was canceled,” he said. “But you made it to Chicago.”

He knew Spencer had been in California again. “Yep. I have zigzagged a few places with layovers to get here. My flight is supposed to leave at noon, but I know another is taking off at ten. Fingers crossed someone won’t make it.”

“My guess is you’ll be sleeping most of the day when you get home,” Coy said.

“That is the plan. I don’t understand how anyone can handle traveling like this.”

“You knew going in it was a possibility,” he said. “You wanted corporate law in a big city.”

“Maybe I’ll consider Boston next,” Spencer said. “Is your Dad hiring?”

Spencer was laughing. They’d always joked about those things. But his father used Bond Law. Hailey Bond-Knight represented all the Bond businesses or her firm did for minor things.

“I could put a good word in for you with my cousin Hailey if you want,” he said. Though right now the last thing he needed was Spencer this close to Angel.

He was going to have a hard enough time today keeping his emotions and actions at bay with his girlfriend in front of his family.

His mother had eyes like a hawk.

Bode was normally clueless. He wasn’t so sure about Sam and Amanda. If they were going to be paying much attention or not.

“I’m good,” Spencer said. “But if I change my mind you’ll be the first to know.” There was a pause and he heard something over a speaker and then a buzzing on Spencer’s phone. “Shit. I’m getting on an earlier flight. I just got a notification to go to the gate. Must be my lucky day.”

“Good,” he said. “Glad to hear. Just send me a text when you’re back.”

“I’ll do it when I land,” Spencer said. “Because once I get into my place I’m crawling into bed.”

He hung up after that. It was a good thing the call was interrupted so he didn’t have to feel too guilty that he was withholding his dating status from his best friend.

Spencer hadn’t even asked about Angel this time. Could be that Spencer was so busy at work and they were texting more than talking. They went through phases like this so he didn’t think anything of it.

He decided to go work out. He wished that Angel were here and that they’d go over together, but they decided it was best if she went alone so no one thought anything of it.

She’d spent Friday and Saturday night here last weekend and she was going to come back here tonight and stay for a few days too.

Maybe they were moving too fast, but it felt right.

He just had to figure out when to let everyone know.

Though he wasn’t in a hurry to tell Spencer, he would if she wanted him to.

He wanted to be able to go out with her and share the news, but he also knew that it could be somewhat messy at work.

She’d told him a few times, that he was the boss, no one would say anything to him. It was always the woman that gottalked about behind her back or the crap thrown at them and judged.

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