“That takeover could be back on the table for you,” Teddy said, dropping his hands to rest on his desktop. “As a family man myself, I can appreciate when a man makes a mistake and sets it right. You getting things straight with the mother of your child has made me look at you in a new light.”

Pompous old bastard. What Wes really wanted to do was hang up. Teddy Bradford as the arbiter of family values was annoying enough. Knowing that he had somehow gotten the old goat’s approval really stuck in his craw.

“You should know, though,” Teddy continued, in that oh-so-confidential tone, “that we’ve had another...