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- Author: J.E. Neal
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Pretrial Motions
RAINER LAWSON
By Sunday evening, Emily was a nervous wreck. Rainer walked her all
over Parks Mall. They were both trying to locate clothing that made
them look refined and classy, but still young, per Stariff’s instructions.
“I don’t want you to think I care about the money,” she fussed as they
sat down in the food court.
As this was the tenth time she’d made this vow in the last hour, he
sighed. “Baby, I know. Please, don’t let this get to you. It’ll all be over
tomorrow, then we’ll go to Governor Carrington’s wedding this weekend,
and then we’re going to the beach,” he tried to remind her of the pleasant
things on the horizon.
“What if we lose?” She worried her bottom lip constantly with her teeth.
Rainer squirted out ketchup for his fries. “Then that’s it, and I will work
my ass off for the rest of my life to restore everything to the Lawson family
trust that I lost, but I really don’t think that’s going to happen.”
“If you lose, it will be my fault.”
“That isn’t true, and I have a hard time believing my uncle is going to
say or do anything that’s going to suddenly make the Senteon or the
governors want to give him half of the Lawson estate. That would be like
spitting on my father’s grave.” His body gave an involuntary shudder.
Oddly, that sentiment seemed to be the one that brought her peace.
“How do you think it happened that your dad and your uncle are so
different? They were brothers and only a few years apart.” She dipped a
chicken nugget in the ketchup Rainer had supplied her.
Thankful that she seemed to be distracted from the trial, Rainer decided
to embrace the subject change.
“I don’t really know.” He took a long sip of his Dr Pepper. “My
grandparents died way before my dad, so I didn’t really know them that
well. My dad used to say that his parents weren’t really fair with my uncle.”
He thought back to him and his father falling on the sofa in their living
room to talk after a particularly harrowing evening where they’d gone to
visit Stan, and he’d ended up throwing them out. Rainer had been eleven or
twelve at the time.
“Not fair, how?” Emily looked intrigued. Her thirst for knowledge
always made him grin, so he beamed at her as he slid his sneaker up and
down against her foot to make her giggle.
“I think they preferred my dad. You know, he got straight As, was head
of Ioses, wanted to change the world, so I kind of think they compared Stan
and my dad all the time, and obviously Stan came up short.”
He wondered if his grandparents realized the destruction they were
causing when they were raising their kids.
“Your uncle was never married, right?” Emily continued her inquisition
as they ate. Rainer tried not to laugh as he hesitated to envision any woman
unfortunate enough to have to put up with his uncle.
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