Nicholas

“Sir?” Carter approaches us.

“What?” I say more harshly to Carter than I intend to, but this night is turning out like nothing I ever expected.

“I have secured a private room across the hall if you wish to continue this… conversation this evening,”

Carter glances around the room reminding me that we are at a public event. Somehow it appears no one has yet noticed the tense discussion, which I’m grateful for. The last thing Kenzie needs right now is for someone to overhear her life story and run to the press with it. Why I didn’t think to move us to another room before now is beyond...