and outs of the movie business from his dad.”
“So I’ve been had.”
“I’m afraid so. Please tell me you won’t press charges.”
She didn’t expect the laugh that came from Tripp.
“I should, just to teach him a lesson. But since I pulled him in on basically bogus charges myself just to get him off the street, it serves me right.”
Laurel didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Bogus? You mean Friedens doesn’t have a law against skateboarding? And you brought him in, anyway?”
“It’s not on the books yet. Not specifically. But only because we haven’t had anybody skateboarding around town. I suppose that we could stretch some of the trespassing or loitering statutes we use for the teens cruising in cars on Friday nights. It just hasn’t come up until now.”
“Now I don’t know who to be madder at, you or Jeremy. For him to have his first full day in Friedens end this way wasn’t what I had in mind.”
Now Tripp looked annoyed. “But of course you approve of him misleading an officer of the law?”
“No, I certainly don’t.” Why did this man get under her skin at every turn? Or maybe she was just letting him in. “You have to know that, given my background. But like I explained before—”
“I know, if I were more up on the movie business, I would have known. Guess I missed that day at the academy.”
He was beginning to sound angry now, and Laurel felt herself backing down just a little from her protective motherly stance. She breathed deeply, trying to make herself calm down. “I’m sorry, honestly. I didn’t mean to come off defending my son’s behavior when he was in the wrong. And he is clearly in the wrong here, Tripp. No one should expect you to recognize the false name he gave you. What can I do to get him out of whatever cell he’s in?”
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