Kaiden raised an eyebrow. "Disappointed? Yes, in myself. I left my beloved mother behind and forced her to clean house. In you? Perish the thought. You were already the most badass person I ever knew, and that position only solidified."
"..." Vespera said nothing, but she was clearly pleased with his answer.
Yunohana covered her mouth, but her laughter escaped through her fingers. Kaiden was grinning at Vespera again, trying to imagine what the men outside had thought when their colleagues came flying out of the building.
"Did anyone complain?"
"The President called."
"Of course he did."
Vespera took another sip while her son waited. On his lap, Yunohana had become very attentive.
"I told him to establish who commissioned the audits, who paid for them, and how their requests reached the people harassing you. Otherwise I'd treat him and his administration as complicit."
