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“I can spoon ar,” she exclaims
“Ah, but Madame prefers for us to do it,” the staff explains
“Madame?” Darby tries out the word as if she’s never said it before
“Gran My grandmother She runs this place and if it had been any other weekend, she’d be here Thankfully, she’s not”
“But I am here,” announces a sharp voice
We all turn, including Jax, at this My heart sinks at the sight of Gran sweeping in, an angry glint in her eyes
“So you’re back,” Gran says A staff member rushes over and pulls out a chair next to me
“Pretty,” cries Jax and reaches for the gaudy ruby brooch that undoubtedly belonged to some dead royalty Gran slaps his hand away
Darby erupts, flying out of her chair and whipping Jax out of my lap “You do not touchat his mother’s distress
“Well, I never,” exclaiht him some manners if you didn’t want him disciplined”
“He wasn’t going to hars” Darby rubs a hand down Jax’s back, but he’s worked up The boy’s got lungs His cries are loud and piercing Darby’s getting agitated A line forms in the middle of her forehead
“Shut him up,” shouts Gran
“Don’t tell me to shut him up,” Darby shoots back
“Take him out of here” Gran directs one of the staff members forward
A blond-haired wolare Interesting Really interesting I rise and reach for Jax Darby doesn’t want to let hi
He settles down as soon as he’s in my arms, which makes her scrunch her nose in irritation
“I’m new and shiny,” I say by way of explanation Ronnie was like this as a toddler She’d be inconsolable for her mom, but as soon as I walked in the room, she’d quiet My sister said that it’s because Ronnie didn’t get to see me often so would try to behave Emphasis on try
Darby isn’t appeased She crosses her aro to our room”
“Let’s finish breakfast Jax is hungry” And we’re all going to have to learn to live together so we ht as well start now
“Hungry” Jax nods “Carrots?”
“Sure Bring me some cooked carrots”
“Certainly” The blonde nods
I pull out a chair for Darby and she starts to sit when Gran says, “Whose brat is this?”
“Forget this crap,” Darby says, pushing out of the chair “Give me Jax”
I shake oing to stop being difficult and Jax will eat his carrots and you will have pankcakes with powdered sugar and strawberries because this is my family Gran,” I say to the old woman “You wanted an heir and now you have one”
Her jaw drops open I tap the chair for Darby, who reluctantly takes a seat but not before shooting ry, unhappy look Jax pats e sure that Jax is far out of arran
“Gran, Darby was at the Ward estate with Jax where they have been living since Darby’s accident You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that, would you?” So around inthe truth, but I was inforht the hospital staff off and one of thelory “You never did like her”