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“Aren’t partners supposed to be too busy billing hours to answer the phone themselves?”

“Don’t be an ass. You called my private cell. Besides,you’rethe CEO with multiple executive assistants.”

“It’s good to know that I will never get any respect from my sister.” Then he turned serious. “Sky, I need your legal assistance.”

“I’m pretty sure Cronus Holdings has an entire legal department of its own,” she said.

“Not what I’m looking for. I need a lawyer who can outmaneuver Titus Allen.”

“Are you kidding me? What the heck did you do to get that tiger shark hunting you?”

“Not me. The Carver Center.” He repeated Kyra’s summary of the situation.

“So this is for your girlfriend.” Schuyler sounded oddly disappointed.

“It’s for a place that does a hell of a lot of good. And she’s not my girlfriend.”

“Could have fooled me. I saw the steam on the car windows.”

His sister wouldn’t let it go until he told her the truth. “Former girlfriend.”

“Oh. Sorry. That sucks.”

More than she knew or he expected. “It’s not relevant. Farr and I already looked at the center for funding by the Thalia Foundation. It’s a worthy cause.”

“Okay, put me in touch with the center’s director, and I’ll get started.” Schuyler was back in legal eagle mode.

“You?”

“Isn’t that why you called me?”

“I thought you’d pass it along to a colleague.”

“You think I can’t handle Titus Allen?” Her tone was challenging.

Will smiled for the first time since Saturday morning. “I think Allen won’t know what hit him. Keep me in the loop, sis.”

He disconnected and immediately dialed Kyra’s number.

“That was fast,” she answered.

“Schuyler happened to answer her phone. She’s taking the case.”

“Your sister?”

He heard dismay in her voice.Why?“She’s an excellent lawyer and very tough.”

“Oh, of course, I didn’t mean ... I was just surprised that she would handle it personally.”

He didn’t mention that he had reacted the same way. “Schuyler likes pro bono work, so it’s right up her alley.” Now that he thought about it, his sister’s involvement might give him an opportunity to see Kyra again.

Which he shouldn’t want to do.Formergirlfriend.

The hell with it. He liked Kyra, always had. It made sense that he would still want to see her.

“She’s going to contact Emily right away,” Will said.

“Wow, thanks so much. I just hope”—her voice hitched—“Schuyler can save Shaq. Not to mention the whole K-9 Angelz program. It means so much to the kids ... and to Emily. It doesn’t deserve to be shut down. And poor Felicia. God, what a mess this is! I feel like we should all be able to sit down and work it out instead of dragging it into court.”