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Celeste squared off with her “But he’s all right? I couldn’t get in touch with hi out in the storm He’s not from here He doesn’t knohat our weather can be like I hadn’t even realized he’d left Papillon until Cal told me”

Sera forced herself to look Celeste in the eye No matter how she felt about Harry’s aunt, she understood the reasonable fear that would co where he was Celeste had already lost a son and a husband Not being able to get in touch with Harry had to have been disconcerting “I’ his cell phone, but he could have used mine or the landline It was inconsiderate of hi home”

Celeste was quiet for ahow to proceed Or how to rake Sera over the coals This hen the threats would start

“I would appreciate it in the future if he’s going to stay out all night that you would have him call me,” Celeste said in a polite tone

That was not what she’d expected She’d been gearing up for a fight Now all her insecurities ca back “I don’t know if that’s my place”

Celeste sighed as though disappointed in her “The mouse is back We should talk, Seraphina It has recently co with my nephew”

Since she’d only started sleeping with Harry last night, she was a little shocked it had already gotten around Somehow she didn’t think Harry had found a way to call his friends and giggle about his night out “Who told you?”

Celeste glanced at the bed, which looked like so all over it “No one has to tellto lie and tell ht in another room”

Theto her “I don’t need to lie to you, Mrs BeauCeleste” She wasn’t a child, and Celeste hadn’t done anything that would require a polite title In fact, when she thought about it, she and Celeste should really be on a first-name basis “It’s none of your business”

“Much better I believed you that tied a smile that didn’t come close to her eyes “And it is my business because he’s my nephew and he can be a bit naive when it comes to women I have to watch out for him”

Ah, now they were getting to the part she understood She was far more comfortable with this Celeste than the one she had to understand and relate to “Is this where you tell h for your nephew?”

Celeste shrugged, an elegant gesture “I don’t particularly think anyone is good enough for him Harry’s practically a saint”

“No, I’m not” Harry stood in the doorway, a tray of coffee in one hand, a bag in the other “Hello, Aunt Celeste I’, I would have gotten an extra sandwich”

“Oh, darling, you knoould never eat that,” she said with a hint of a smile “And neither should Seraphina Do you kno s?”

Like she’d never been called fat before Celeste would have to try again And now that she thought about it, why did she always act like ashe’d done it out of shock at Wes’s passing There had been a part of herself that wondered if she truly hadn’t been guilty of sending Wes to his death Then there had been the guilt that ca the secret of Luc’s conception Noas si to break because she wasn’t going to be a doorer “Well, I expended an enor, so I think I can handle it”

Harry gasped but Celeste actually chuckled “Yes, there you are You’re going to need that if you’re going to survive”

“What exactly are you doing here, Aunt Celeste?” Harry asked, wariness in his gaze as he put the coffee and sandwiches on the small table that served as a desk “How exactly did you find me?”

“She orried about you,” Sera said because now that she thought about it, she should have had him call his family She’d been worried about her own, but Harry wasn’t used to having to call ho time and he needed a reminder No matter how she felt about Celeste, she didn’t want the wo “We should have called to let her know you were all right”