Sonny and I go up a floor to the dining area where Jason and his father are already standing and talking together. When his father see's me, he smiles and steps around his son to say hello "Addison, it is a pleasure to see you again! You look ravishing." He compliments me while leaning in for a hug.
"It's good to see you too Mr. Morales." I smile back and accept his hug willingly. He was always kind to me when Jason and I were dating.
"This is my boyfriend, Detective Dominick Carisi." I introduce Sonny.
Sonny steps forward to shake his hand "its pleasure meeting you sir. I apologize for intruding into your home like this."
"Please, call me Charles." He insists shaking his hand in return. "It's no trouble at all having you both here. It's a pleasure seeing Addison again. I would love to hear what you've been up to." He gestures towards the table "please, have a seat." He smiles.
Sonny and I walk to the other side of the table to take seats next to each other. Jason is already seated and Charles takes a seat at the head of the table. The first course is served and once the waiter exits the room Sonny speaks up "we appreciate you having us here Charles, it's a lovely home." As annoyed as Sonny is about having to be here and off the case, he's being as polite as ever, something I should've expected.
"Like I said, it's our pleasure. The FBI should catch this man in no time." The governor returns.
"Jacob. His name is Jacob, dad." Jason retorts.
I shift uncomfortably in my chair at the mention of his name. Sonny takes a hold of my hand under the table and Charles responds "yes, I know." He simply says sternly. He then turns his attention to me "Addison, what have you been up to? How long have you been in the city?" He asks, picking up his fork to take a bite.
"About 5 years now. I was teaching elementary school for a while." I say "but I think I'm going to look into something where I can help people after all this."
"Well, we are always looking for people to join the campaign. I've seen some of your writing, you'd be a wonderful asset to my team." Charles compliments me.
"Oh, that's very kind of you, but I'm not really interested in going into politics." I thank back.
"I used to say the same thing, remember?" Jason smiles at me from across the table.
I chuckle just a bit "of course, over your dead body." I rolled my eyes at what he used to always say about following in his fathers foot steps.
"And look at him now, all grown up and working with his father." His dad beams with pride. I look to Jason and semi-smile. He used to wanna be in sports casting, and he thought he'd get a job easily with who is father is. I don't know what happened, if he wanted to change paths or was forced to. "So, how long have you been a detective Dominick?" Charles makes more conversation.
"This is my 6th year, sir." Sonny answers instantly.
"6 years, impressive. Do you plan on moving up the ranks?" He asks next.
Sonny sort of shrugs "well, I just passed the bar so I may be an attorney sometime soon." Sonny explains.
"You did?" I ask him, never learning of that piece of information.
He nods looking at me "I found out a few days ago, I passed." His smirk turns into a full blown grin.
"That's amazing, I didn't even know you were in law school!" I give his hand a big squeeze trying to hide the shock. I can't help but wonder why he didn't tell me about passing.
"This calls for a celebration!" Charles calls the waiter "Stephen, bring me the 1976 bottle of Champagne we have."
The waiter returns "right away, sir."
Sonny shakes his head "no, no. Please don't. It's nothing, really."
Charles responds "it's not easy becoming a lawyer, I would know. So it is something to celebrate, isn't that right Addison?" Charles asks me for back up.
Although I don't want to make Sonny uncomfortable, I don't want to disagree with Charles. I sink just a tad in my chair and look at Sonny with an apologetic glare "it is kind of big."
Sonny sighs giving in and Stephen returns with champagne and flutes to drink out of. He pours everyone a glass and we raise a toast "why don't you do it, Addison. You're the one here good with words." Jason says.
I give him an evil glare only he can see but speak up "to Sonny. Congratulations on passing the bar and may your success continue. I'm very proud of you." I give him a warm grin "cheers."
I tap his glass first then the rest of us clink glasses as well. I finish the drink quickly, allowing Stephen to pour me another. Our meal is served next and Jason asks his father "so, how many more people on Jacobs list do you plan to have here?" Sonny and I sort of tense up, clearly feeling the awkwardness of these two.
His father puts down his fork and looks at him intently "why don't you just say what you want to say, Jason." His father counters.
"Fine." Jason puts his fork down "are you going to have her come stay with us? Jacobs mother?" Jason gets to his point.
I eye Sonny who eyes me and we both start to slowly lower our forks and bow our heads, waiting for the proper time to leave. My eyes return back to Charles though who doesn't look fazed by the question. "I don't see the point." He simply says.
Jason stands angrily now "he said it in the hospital that he holds no reserve on her, she's on his list too! We should be protecting her!"
"I took in Addison and her friend as you asked, that's enough now Jason. Stop being a child and grow up!" Charles sort of yells back.
Jason spits back "why don't you grow up dad. Take some responsibility for your actions and do the right thing."
Jason leaves the room and silence follows. Charles sits for a moment staring at his sons empty seat before picking up his fork and turning to us "please excuse Jason. He's still very upset about all this." He gestures towards us "please, eat."
I look to Sonny who nods enough for where only I can see and we both pick our forks back up. We take a few more bites before Charles is called out of the room on business and we decide to retreat back to the bedroom.
