[Bovice]

Holden looked at Solomon blankly, "Do you know how much paperwork is required when you pull the plug?" He asked very irritated. "Then they came by with damn blood bags and I nearly bit the mans arm off." He said as he went back to filling out the paperwork. "My poor sister slept in the family waiting room." He said signing one final piece of paper. He stood up and walked up to Solomon and kissed him on the cheek, he turned and went to the nurses station.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon frowned, "You know, you're a mood killer sometimes. You know I'm certainly not smiling about that, so you don't have to and be rude like that. Either way, I understand. It's stressful. You're lucky you didn't, I don't need another crisis from you to clean up. Hopefully you learn better control of your blood lust, and quickly. Amanda will notice at some point." He turned on his heel and followed along behind Holden, his hands in his pockets and his mind somewhere else.

[Bovice]

"Your welcome, and I'm sorry, I just have a meeting with my lawyers. And of course the whole firm is gonna console me when I'm walking through." Holden said wanting to kiss Solomon, but he resisted the urge. "Here you go ma'am, I don't want to sound pushy but can I go I have to meet with my lawyers and I need to take my sister home." He asked giving the lady a smile.

"It's ok Mr. Evans, just tell the funeral home where he is and they will take care of the rest." The lady said with a smile.
"Thanks." He said as he turned around. He put his arm around Solomon's waist, "Time for you to meet my sister." Holden said sounding exhausted.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon kept quiet and out of the way while Holden spoke with the nurse. When Holden put his arm around his waist, he grinned. He had the obnoxious urge to act overly obnoxious and childish right now. Very strange. He shrugged off the urge and put his arm around Holden, "I'm sure she's not that bad Holden. I'm sure she's a real sweet heart." Solomon adored kids, yet, like most animals, they kind of resented him. They were a bit more sensitive to his vampiric presence than 97% of human adults.

[Bovice]

"She is I'm just really exhausted." He said showing Solomon his dull gray eyes, when he looked away he instantly turned them to brown.
Amanda was standing outside of the family waiting room alone. "Holden." She said running up to him.
"Hey kid, where is auntie?" He asked picking her up.
"She had to go home." She said with a frown.

"She left you alone? I am gonna have to talk to her." He said really pissed. "Oh where are my manners Amanda this is my boyfriend Solomon; Solomon this is Amanda." Holden said with a smile trying to hide his exhaustion.
"Nice to meet you." She said with a cute smile.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon shook his head, smiling down to Amanda. He did feel a bit weird being introduced as Holden's boyfriend. It had been about..what..50 years since his last little fling? Very awkward. He quickly dispelled the feeling, "And you as well."

[Bovice]

"Ok kid, now I gotta go meet with the lawyers in about an hour. So before I go and meet them I am gonna take you out for breakfast." He said with a smile as he went towards the elevator.
"Yay, is Solomon coming with us?" She asked tilting her head.
"Yes he is." He said with a smile. They made it to the elevator. Holden pressed the button to go down.

"Holden is it ok if I make sure he is ok for my big brother." She asked staring down Solomon.
"Yes it is ok but you don't have to look at him like that." Holden said trying not to laugh.
"I wasn't... Fine." She said with a pout.

[Evil Tink]

"It's fine Holden, I really don't mind." He smiled a bit. Solomon resisted the intense urge to swat at her face to turn her head. Of course, he would never dare hit a child, especially not a female. Except for Alicia and Jaclynn. He'd swat Alicia, but never in anger but in fun. And Jaclynn..well, he'd beat her to a bloody pulp. He hadn't realized his facial expression changing as his thoughts drifted to Jaclynn and his lost car. At the thought of his Jaguar, he turned his head away with a frown.

[Bovice]

"Solomon stop, please be happy ok I am gonna be in and out of sad, boring, meetings all day. And I was um wondering if you could watch Amanda during the meetings? He said still smiling. "So where do you wanna go kid?" Holden asked as the elevator stopped. He walked out and headed to his Ford Mustang.
"Umm that one place." She said putting her finger on her chin.

"Well that's helpful." He said as he put Amanda down. "Now I want you to wear your seat belt." He said scolding her.
"I know." She said as she opened the car door and hopped into the back seat.
"Well that was fast." Holden said with a laugh.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon smiled, "I told you she wasn't bad Holden." He sat in the front seat "I wouldn't mind at all, although I would like to sleep some more now that I'm not in pain, but I can sleep at any hour." He let his head rest against the head rest, closing his eyes, "Are you sure you don't want me to accompany you to the meetings? Lawyers are not always honest people."

[Bovice]

Holden started the car, "No I will be ok, if they don't tell me the full truth I will fire them. I mean I am their boss now, you know what if you wanna come you can, I know Alicia would be willing to come here to watch her." He said as he turned out of the hospital parking lot.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon's face became slightly distressed, "Holden..you can't just go and fire them for that. They're lawyers, it's what they do. They work to their benefit, like everyone else, except they're much better at it. You know as well as I that you're not the one to be running the company, so I would suggest giving it to your dad's 'right hand man'. Hopefully, he'd keep your dad's values in mind."

[Bovice]

"I know, I'm not the runner I'm the owner. It was already settled in my dad's will. Trust me I know what's going on, I may be crushed under the load of stuff I have to do. But I know what to do." He said trying to concentrate on the road. "I think when I get to the house I'm gonna take the limo." He sighed as they pulled into the restaurant parking lot. "Here we are kid." Holden said with a smile.

[Evil Tink]

"If you want to.." he said flatly as he got out of the car. Suddenly, his phone started to buzz in his pocket. "Excuse me..." He walked away a bit, flipping it open, "Hello?" He was silent while he listened, occasionally offering a word or two to indicate he was still there and listening. After a moment, he hung up, placing the phone back in his pocket with a sigh.

He put on a smile as he turned around and walked back over to them, "Sorry about that..it was the contractor..anyway, shall we eat?" He didn't like to lie to Holden, but he didn't want to mention Rilov in front of Amanda. "Rita called...she said he'll be coming out of sedation soon, and that for the most part, the surgery went well. We'll see how well it works over the next few days."

[Bovice]

Holden nodded as he picked up Amanda. He stood while he waited for Solomon.
"Yes let's. You two are so quiet." Amanda said with a little pout.
"Oh I'm sorry kid, will you forgive me?" He asked with a smile. "That's good Solomon." He said squeezing Solomon's brain gently.
"Umm maybe, what do I get if I forgive you." She asked putting her index finger on her chin.

"Ouch blackmail, nice. Umm I will buy you a new teddy." He said as he opened the door. "Three please." He said as he got to the counter. He followed the waiter to the table.
"Yay a new teddy?" Amanda said throwing her hands up.
"She loves teddy bears." Holden said looking at Solomon.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon followed along silently, his hands in his pockets, "Oh I see. She does know that real bears are not like that? I would hope?" He couldn't help but chuckle a loud at the thought. He could just imagine it; in Amanda's mind when she thought of a bear out in the wild this huge stuffed creature was roaming about it's business.