Walking into the coffee shop, Lee looked around and quickly spotted Joe King. Waving, he moved to the counter to order himself a black coffee before joining Amanda's ex at his table. "Hi Lee."
"'Good morning." Lee hadn't been too surprised to get Joe's call just as he was stepping out of the shower. He knew that they had stuff to talk about and that it was a conversation they were best having without Amanda present.
Taking the free seat, Lee waited for the other man to start.
"I wanted to thank you for what you did. Not just for me, but for the boys too." Lee shrugged.
"Just doing my job."
"How long has it been your job to look out for Amanda?" Lee bit back a smirk at Joe's question. It was like that, was it? He knew perfectly well, and he suspected Joe did too, that Amanda would skin them both alive if she knew about this little pow-wow.
"About three years." Lee exaggerated.
"I guess you're the reason she dumped Mr. Sunshine?" Clearly Joe hadn't liked Dean or Dunce or Don any more than Lee had.
"Possibly."
"Well, I guess I have to thank you on the boys' behalf again. They never really liked him and none of us were too disappointed to see him go."
"Lee, I don't know what's between you and Amanda, but I know that it's more than just having her type up a few reports. She's changed, a lot. I don't have any claim on her any more but I'd like to ask you for one last favour."
"Ask."
"Look out for her, okay? I'm not sure that you know this yet, but Amanda has a real knack for getting into impossible situations." Lee snorted.
"Believe me, I know."
"Man, Amanda would kill me if she knew I was saying this." Joe ran a hand through his hair, reminding Lee of the many, many times that Amanda had given him cause to do the same.
"Joe, relax. Nothing will happen to Amanda as long as I have anything to say about it."