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Chapter One

Thefro, “Jesus bloody Christ!”

I startled awake and clutched the sheet to my chest because the duvet had apparently sprinted across the rooiant store-bought birthday cake with rapidlycandles in the shape of a three and a zero took up my entire field of vision

Trying not to expose myself, I scrambled backward “What the fuck, Mom?”

“Oh, calonna set the bed on fire”

“Sophie!” Olivia, Neil’s three-year-old granddaughter, flung herself against the bed and struggled to cli the mattress “Happy birthday!”

“Rebecca, get out!” Neil barked

My uys I knew you were asleep I listened at the door”

“Gross!” I shouted over the top of Neil’s, “Leave!”

She shook her head “Fine I’ll take this to the kitchen There’s coffee on”

Olivia toddled to my side of the bed and raised her arms “Help me, Sophie”

“What on earth was she thinking?” Neil fu the duvet around his waist as he stalked to the walk-in closet

I lifted Olivia up and patted the happy panda on the butt of her footie pajas and toward the center of the bed

“Thank god we didn’t leave anything interesting out last night,” I called to hi his discarded t-shirt froht of ear in our bedrooh No thank you