The Best Revenge It Wasn't Even Your Child novel Chapter 713

"Susan and Alexa are there, aren't they?"

Lorinda pressed, doing her best to convince her. "Jasper has been with my parents for a while now, but he still refuses to sleep in their room. He was crying when I left, but I finally managed to slip out of the Lee estate."

She looked at Catherine pleadingly. "Besides, if you drag Lance all the way back, you'll be exhausted trying to take care of both him and Lanny!"

Susan could easily handle Lance.

But meeting Lorinda's desperate gaze, Catherine felt her resolve crumble.

"You're right. Let's get someone to carry them upstairs first. We'll wait until they're asleep and make sure they're fine before we decide."

Lanny was already fast asleep when she left, and the little guy almost never woke up in the middle of the night.

As long as she made it back before dawn, everything would be fine.

Lorinda went to grab the security guard. Fifteen minutes later, the group dragged the two men into Harrell's apartment.

Harrell was unceremoniously dumped onto the rug, while Lance was laid out on the sofa, keeping close to Catherine.

"Catherine, I've heard my dad talking to my mom about you several times lately. He wants her to accept you. I think Lance might have said something to him."

Lorinda had been dying to tell Catherine this, but she hated doing it over text; she wanted to tell her face-to-face.

Catherine's eyes flickered, and she glanced over at Lance. "Him?"

"Yeah. My dad's point is that you're a victim in all this family drama too. He thinks you've had it worse than me. At least I'm back with the Lees now and have their love, but you..."

Just bringing it up made Lorinda's heart ache for her friend.

She sniffled and grabbed Catherine's hand. "Honestly, even though my mom still hasn't fully come around, I can tell she's backing off and giving me more space."

In the past, Latonia had kept Lorinda on a painfully short leash—partly because she was terrified of losing the daughter she had just found, but also because she desperately wanted to cut off Lorinda's contact with Catherine.