Chapter 154

When we were halfway down the hall to the kitchen, Johnny whispered in my ear, “That… was… AWESOME.”

I grinned. “Thanks.”

“I’ve never seen Mrs. Templeton get skewered like that before. Sebastian would have killed to be here.”

“He doesn’t like her?”

“He loathes her. And Mr. Templeton, too, but especially her. And yet, even he’s never had the balls to take her down like that. Not to her face. So thank you from both of us.”

I suppressed a giggle, then looked at him. “You’re not mad at us? For… you know… sneaking out?”

His face darkened. “Oh, I’m plenty mad at Connor… but I’ll have that talk with him later. He’ll probably throw it in my face that they were here when he got back.”

“It wasn’t your fault.”

“No, but once Connor gets an advantage in an argument, he always uses it, so that’ll be the main way he tries to shut me up.”

Once we were in the kitchen and dining area, Johnny pulled out his cell phone and hit a couple of buttons. Back in the main room, the discussion was still just as h