Page 722 of Filthy Elites

“And when he gets back, we will have words again. He’ll learn to respect you, or I’ll have to teach him a few more lessons.”

“Why’d you punch him?”

Adrian set the folders down on the counter. “He was talking trash and being disrespectful. I’m not going to tolerate that. He knows that now.”

Dr. Hogan walked into the filing room. “Adrian, I just got off the phone with Dr. Osborne and we had a very interesting conversation.”

“Oh?”

“It seems that your sentence has been commuted for time served. You no longer have to perform community service.” Dr. Katherine looked flustered.

Kelsey beamed but didn’t say a word.

Adrian’s eyes grew large. “How is that possible?”

Dr. Hogan glanced over to Kelsey for a second. “Someone pointed out that your sentence may not have been fair and the hearing flawed.”

Adrian turned to Kelsey. She sat there quietly and tried to maintain a serene smile.

Adrian shoved his hands into his pockets. “Nothing’s changed for me. I’m still working here and living upstairs. Well, as long as it’s still okay with you.”

Dr. Katherine smiled widely. “I was hoping you’d say that. We’ll keep the arrangement the same. The apartment in exchange for helping out around here.”

“Deal.”

Dr. Hogan smiled at them. “Why don’t you two take off early and celebrate the good news.”

Adrian winked at Kelsey. “Sounds like a great idea.”

* * *

“What?”

“Is that any way to answer the phone to your brother? I’ve been calling you all week.”

Adrian tightened his hold on his phone to the point of it nearly cracking. “What do you want, Heath?”

“I need you to do something for me.”

“Call Dad.”

“I need you for this.”

“Too bad. I’m not doing shit for you.”

“You’re not even going to ask me what it is?”

Adrian rubbed the muscles in the back of his neck. “Nope. I don’t care what you’re up to.”

“You’re going to be sorry. You’ve pissed off the wrong people, Adrian, and it’s going to catch up with you.”

“As interesting as this conversation is, I’m hanging up now.” Adrian didn’t need his brother’s crap on top of everything else.

What was Heath up to? He should probably find out, but Adrian didn’t want to waste any more headspace on his brother.

* * *

Adrian’ssmall apartment was filled with football players and two honorary female members. Cade, Xander, Ian, and Hunter had decided they needed to christen Adrian’s new apartment with a case of beer. Riley and Kelsey insisted there be food involved because things could get rowdy without it, so the guys had a dozen large pizzas and a variety of fried foods delivered.

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