Page 89 of Family Bonds- Garrett & Justine

She never fought with anyone.

Never was a bitch like that either.

But since she came to this island she found herself speaking up more than she ever had before.

And it felt damn good!

Once she was composed, she did what she said and called the DA. She left a message, and then once she hung up, she sent an email with the same information so that she had an electronic trail of the call and what happened.

Before she could think, she texted her sister to call when she had a minute and explained she’d just spoken with Elise and it was important.

This was one of those things that she had to keep Jordan in the loop on. She knew her sister would support everything that Justine did and said.

She walked to the bathroom and then around her tiny apartment for a few minutes and hoped to calm down so she could get more sleep.

It didn’t happen though and thirty minutes later, she decided to take a shower and get on with her day.

She didn’t have to work tonight anyway, so at least she’d be able to go to bed at a normal time if she could even stay awake past dinner.

She was eating toast and drinking coffee when her phone rang and she noticed it was Jordan calling.

“I’m so sorry to bother you with this,” she said. She knew her sister had a lot on her plate.

“I want to know these things,” Jordan said. “Tell me everything that happened.”

“How much time do you have?”

“I’m on break and I’ll take the time I need,” Jordan said.

“I’ll be fast,” she said and told her sister everything.

“You’re damn straight we are going to contest it. I’m fine that she did that because I don’t want her getting anything,” Jordan said. “I hadn’t said anything to you, but I would have done this if she hadn’t contested it.”

“Why didn’t you tell me that?” she asked.

“Because you didn’t want to talk about it,” Jordan said.

She didn’t. There were times she still didn’t, but she couldn’t keep putting it off.

“It made her look worse doing what she had. Now the courts wouldn’t let her drop it anyway with her being on trial.”

“They might,” Jordan said, “but again, I don’t care. I told her I was going to do it months ago if she tried this.”

Her jaw dropped. “Again, you didn’t tell me. You said you haven’t talked to her.”

“I did it before I blocked her. It’s in a text. She was probably too drunk to remember or she deleted it. But I’ve got it.”

“At least we are thinking the same way,” she said.

“We are,” Jordan said. “I’ve got four days off next week. I volunteered to work July Fourth. That night. In exchange, I was able to swap some days. What do you think about me coming to see you Monday and then leaving Friday to get back in time for my shift?”

“I’d love it,” Justine said and felt her eyes fill. “But don’t you need to study and do other things?”

“It’s short notice, you’ll be working, I can do those things while you are. I can study somewhere else, but I’d like to spend time with you. I’d like to meet this guy that you seem to be falling for.”

“I never said anything about falling for someone,” she argued.

“You don’t have to,” Jordan said. “I hear it in your voice every time you talk about Garrett. Then the fact you just gave Elise shit makes me so proud. I need to meet this guy.”

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