out there and there’s nothing to be done. Lenny is pissed you’re not responding to him. Rebecca is following Bernie’s lead and spinning the PR to embrace the leaked photos as test shots for Tony’s movie.”
Trent felt Skye go rigid under his hand. The slight tremor that ran through her body broke his heart. “Wait, are you saying your own lawyer won’t go after the places publishing the illegally obtained photos?”
Karri and Skye nodded. Karri looked ready to kill someone, but Skye looked ready to crumble. Then she sucked in a deep breath and lifted her chin. When she looked around the table, her kind eyes had transformed. He almost didn’t recognize the resolute person next to him. “Does anyone know a good lawyer? I’m tired of not having control of my life. The first step is to get rid of Bernie and go after every website, magazine, and television station that put up my photo.”
She might look cold and hard, but Trent had been wrong. It wasn’t coldness from shutting down. No, it was steely resolve. Skye was preparing to break free. Trent turned to Ryker as he put down one of Skye’s bras that now had a GPS unit in it. “What about Olivia?”
“Who’s Olivia?” Skye asked immediately.
“Olivia Townsend is one of my lawyers,” Ryker said, not looking up as he typed into his phone. “We’ll meet at Harper’s for lunch.”
“I don’t need an elite corporate lawyer. I need a down and dirty ballbuster.” Skye’s body started to vibrate with anger under Trent’s hand. “No. Not just a ballbuster, but someone who will castrate everyone involved and shove their balls down their throats.”
Ryker looked up from the shoe he was now sewing the GPS unit into. “I think I was mistaken about you, Jessamine.” Tinsley blinked in surprise along with Trent. Ryker didn’t admit to being wrong—ever. “Also, you’ll love Olivia. If she didn’t know how to rip a man to pieces leaving him crying in a huddled mess on the floor, she wouldn’t be one of my lawyers. I never play nice. Never.”
Trent was sure Olivia could help but then it struck him. “Won’t people know Skye is near Charleston if Olivia represents her?”
“Olivia is in the New York office this month finalizing a big deal for me. She’s getting on a private jet as we speak. All addresses and phone numbers will be from the New York office,” Ryker told him as he moved onto a pair of jeans. “Bring everything you have to the bar. Every copy of a contract, every email, everything.”
Trent saw Karri working on her phone and then turned the phone around. A picture of Olivia filled the screen. She wore a blood-red suit and pristine white blouse. Her arms were crossed over her chest and her lipstick matched the suit. Her blonde hair was blown out, giving her a softness that hid the tough-as-nails interior. “Is this her?”
“Yes,” Trent told her with a nod.
“She’s so pretty and nice looking,” Skye said as she studied the picture. Ryker snorted. “You’re sure she—”
“Yes,” Trent, Ryker, and Tinsley said at the same time.
“Okay then,” Skye said. “I look forward to meeting her. What do we do in the meantime?”
“Savannah suggested we stroll downtown and maybe stop at Bless Your Scarf Boutique. She thought you might not stick out as much in some local clothing. The blonder hair does help, but the clothes will too,” Tinsley suggested.
“Sounds fun,” Skye said as Trent thought about what she’d been wearing. He didn’t know clothes, but he knew she needed at least one University of South Carolina or Clemson T-shirt and also one of those sundresses the women all wore. Then with a hat and some sunglasses, Skye would blend in rather well as a local.
“I’ll text the girls now. Plus, Darcy found some cool new sunken treasure that has just arrived and said she’d give us first look at it,” Tinsley told them as Skye stood up.
“I’ll run and change. This sounds fun. We’ll meet you all at the bar at noon,” Skye said before she hurried upstairs.
“How bad is it really?” Trent asked Karri.
“I don’t know what you mean,” Karri tried to respond innocently, but Trent and Ryker nailed her with a disbelieving look.
“I know there’s more. So, what’s really going on?” Trent asked Karri again.
“How could you know that?” Karri was trying to avoid answering Trent’s question and that alone told him there was more to it.
“When you sit back and watch instead of participate