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Celeste’s eyes closed briefly, and when they opened, there was a wariness in her gaze “I’, Seraphina I will admit I did not understand your relationship with Wes and in ht have blamed you in a way I shouldn’t have I still don’t know you, and I worry this relationship will hurt Harry But I also knohen I’m on thin ice and that sometimes we have to bend so we don’t break I don’t want to lose my nephew over this”
Her heart softened, though she kneas a stupid thing to do It should be hard by now, shouldn’t it? But did Luc need a mother with a hard heart? What was braver? To face adversity and protect herself? Or to face it all and still be able to open up? “I don’t want that, either I’lad Harry has a family He cares about you”
“Sera,” Harry began
“No,” Celeste said “This is between me and Seraphina”
“I think you need to clarify e’re talking about” She was getting frustrated
“Harry isn’t the kind of ht, he’s serious about you,” Celeste explained “And that means I have to make a decision I have to decide how to handle this I can hold on to old grudges or I can try to move forward I don’t understand as between you and Wes, and I don’t want some therapy session about it I want to ging me down I love my nephew I don’t want this to come between us, so I have to accept this relationship”
Was this really happening?
Harry’s face had split into the sweetest grin “I’lad to hear that, because I care about both of you”
He ed his aunt
Celeste’s arms went around him and Sera saw a version of the Beaumont matron she’d never seen before Celeste held hiht formed a connection Sera understood that kind of love Familial Blood
It was a strong bond and could overcoes Celeste had played this perfectly
Seraphina knehen she was on thin ice, too, and then Celeste had coround
Celeste put a hand on Harry’s cheek and looked far softer than Sera could ever reht Where’s Shep? He’s not at the house”
Celeste gave a daant woman who often wouldn’t touch children at church because they rubby But she looked like she was actually worried about Harry’s dog