Lexi kept her hand in Peter’s and placed her other hand on top of theirs holding it together. Her eyes locked on Matt as he talked, eyes slowly expanding with each word that left his mouth. And when Peter finally spoke she let out a soft sigh.

“Good, just what I’d expect from a man dating my God-Daughter.” Matt said with a sound of reassurance in his voice. He tapped his cane against the ground. “The details of the case are loose at this point but we have a court date here at the end of December, December 30th at 2pm. He’s gotten off, somehow, every time he’s been brought into court and I think it’s because of the people he knows. But no one’s going to scare me away from this case but I can’t have you getting intimidated by people. I don’t know who’s out there or who will have the knowledge of the case but if his friends are high up and have influence, they might try to scare you into not speaking up. I don’t want you to turn over on me. Are we clear Mister Parker?” Though his voice was soft because of the situation, it was always filled with a sense of authority. He needed Peter to know that he couldn’t skip out on things, that he needed to make a dedication to this court date.

“When it comes to it Mister Parker, it will be hard on you. But Lexi loves you, that much is obvious; and so does your lovely Aunt here, so you’ll have the support you’ll need relationship wise and you and I will have to make some time so you can study some proper law lingo. It’s important for you to know that when it comes to law, if you speak some lingo you’ll go a long way in court. If this guy is…” He sighed, his head hanging slightly, “smart…” The word didn’t come out right and it was obvious that Matt was not liking the term, “enough to talk his way out of other situations and with the help from his lawyers, we need to play the game right.” His attention moved back to Peter as he raised an eyebrow at him. “Are you ready to learn the parts of playing the game of law?”