‘If I do come with you to Greece, I will need some guarantees. Firstly, I need to know that the future of the refuge is guaranteed.’
‘My word is not enough for you?’
Her eyes narrowed at the hauteur in his manner. ‘In writing, for my lawyer to check over.’ Her expression dared him to challenge the fact she had a lawyer. Well, Mike was a lawyer, though not hers, but lawyer sounded so much more impressive and businesslike than her friend from her baking class who’d like to be more.
‘Agreed,’ he said calmly. ‘You can have the papers by the end of the day.’
‘And I need to know that I can leave whenever I like.’
The idea that he or Alekis had any control over her movements was something he allowed to pass. ‘Two months.’
‘What?’
‘You will give your grandfather two months to get to know you. That only seems fair, wouldn’t you say?’
Nothing about this seemed fair to Kat, who nodded. ‘Two months.’ She started to get to her feet and stopped. ‘I don’t know your name.’
‘Enter the name Zach Gavros into your search engine and you’ll find out all you need to know about me. Some of it might even be true.’