Quoted By:
Once Amber is out the door, K-Mom sits beside you and relieves you of your beer. You're thankful. You felt awkward holding it. But still...
"I thought you hated that stuff."
"I do," she says, and finishes the bottle. She watches appreciatively the way Talia's skirt hikes up whenever she bends at the waist.
"Who's Mom serving warrants on?" You ask.
"Absalom Abrams."
You goggle at her. She shrugs and arches her eyebrows at you with a smirk. "What do you want from Elephant Jump?"
"Seriously?"
K-Mom clears her throat and shifts her weight on the sofa. "The man needs to know that we can hit him where it hurts, too. Don't worry. It's just a message. He'll understand it loud and clear."
"Does Dad know about this?"
"Of course he does. We're a united front. He also knows about the article I published today exposing the millions in dark money that flows out of Instrumentalism and into politics around the globe."
"You're gonna get us all killed," you moan.
"Pressure campaigns go both ways," K-Mom tells you. Her expression darkens. She leans in with a palm on your knee. "Nobody fucks with our kids for free. Now he knows."
She's so busy doing the bravado thing that she doesn't notice Talia swooping over. She dusts K-Mom's intensely staring face for a second time.
Sniff, sniff, sniff, chyuuu! "<span class="mu-i">FUCKH</span>."
