Chapter 35
Chapter Thirty-Five
Elijah hurried along the corridor to Mickey’s office oblivious to the stares coming from the glass-fronted offices.
Mickey didn’t usually have visitors so their nosiness was at a peak.
Elijah walked right in. It was only when he saw Mickey on the phone that he realised he should have knocked or called to say he’d arrived.
There wasn’t an outer office or waiting area.
“Stop stressing, take a seat, I’m just finishing up,” Mickey said with his hand over the mouthpiece.
“The plaintive lost that case, sorry to spoil the ending,” Mickey said over Elijah’s shoulder.
“Mate, I was getting into that case, it sounded interesting,” Elijah said.
Mickey put the book back while Elijah stepped over to a chair in front of Mickey’s desk and sank down. He hummed tunelessly and stared into space. It was only when Mickey coughed he came back to the present.
“What’s on your mind Elijah, tell Uncle Mickey all about it.”
“I fucked up,” Elijah said.
“Well this, I know, what have you done in particular?” Mickey asked.
“I had the perfect opportunity to tell Lilly everything, and I bolted. I just don’t know how to tell her,” Elijah said.
“There is nothing wrong with being adopted, you knew who your birth parents were and what happened to them, so what is the issue?” Mickey said.
“What if we decide to have children and she wants to know about the family history? What if our kids want to trace their family tree?” Elijah said.
“These are your concerns? Seriously dude you need to get over yourself, I thought you were stressing about the other thing,” Mickey said.
“Well I am stressing about that but am trying to ignore it, channelling all my worry into the adoption thing instead,” Elijah said.
“You’re ridiculous and you know it. Lilly’s besotted with you and you need to find courage and tell her. She’ll accept you for who you are. Now let’s move on to William, what are we going to do about him?” Mickey asked.
“I think we need to tread carefully, he needs help as well as a good hiding. I’ve a plan that should work. I’m pretty sure he’s either following his sister or is tracking her. If we can set something up, then I think everyone will be happy.”
“All right, spill your ludicrous plan, I’ll fill in all the loopholes and you can sod off and make up with your girl. She’ll get snapped up if you hang around any longer,” Mickey advised.
Elijah talked Mickey through the plan and Mickey laughed for most of it but got the basics. He kicked him out of his office and Elijah had no choice but to head over to Lilly’s place to grovel.
He hoped he wasn’t too late.