Chapter 514

Cole's voice was raspy, carrying the weight of a man who was just starting to bounce back from a serious illness.

"What else? Work and the usual company stuff."

Yale dropped what he was doing and answered with an easy smile. "Dad, are you feeling under the weather or something? How about I swing by in the next couple of days?"

Cole was getting on in years and had become pretty clingy, always hoping his kids, especially Evangeline, would come around to the family home for a visit.

That call was a wake-up call for Yale. He had been so wrapped up in Evangeline and Yessica's business that he would put the old man on the back burner. That was not appropriate.

"You scamp, if I didn't ring you up, you'd never think to drop by, would you?"

Cole's voice was teasing, but Yale could hear the smile in his words. He was not really mad; he just wanted them to come and hang out with him.

"Too caught up in work, huh?"

Yale chuckled awkwardly.

Grown-ups could act like kids. There was his dad,