After her chat with Kimberly, Lucy returned to Tom's office to have lunch with him and to find out how he was doing now and if he had spoken with his grandfather and Kimberly.
"You're letting him off the hook just like that?" Lucy asked incredulously after Tom had told her about his conversation with his grandfather and Kimberly.
She could understand him not wanting to do anything to Kimberly since Kimberly was not exactly family and had only done his grandfather's bidding, but she couldn't quite understand why he would leave it just at scolding his grandfather and keep the truth away from his parents.
"What do you suggest I do to him? I can't possibly tell my parents about it. Dad would be furious. Things are bad enough between them, and this might only widen the gap between them," Tom said, and Lucy took a deep breath.
