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"I see that," I said "And thanks for the warning on this one" I tilted et the better of him eventually"

"I have no doubt," Miss Martha agreed

Tenn let out an exaggerated sigh, closing his hand over ers The affectionate contact was so unexpected, my mouth snapped shut I followed hi as he loudly co with a woed my diapers"

"And don't you forget it," Miss Martha called after us

"Did she really change your diapers?" I asked, finding ain

"A lot of them We had a stepmom, but she had her hands full, and I have a twin sister Avery You'll ht Miss Martha pinch-hit whenever Darcy needed her, which was a lot"

"Where was your mom?" None of my business, but I was curious

"She took off when Avery and I were a year and a half old" His lips quirked in a bitter s out kid after kid for Prentice wasn't her life goal He gave her a big settlement, and a month after the divorce was final, he married our nanny"

"Oh" I wasn't sure what to say about that For all the discussion about his murder, no one had sounded particularly sad about their father's death

"It wasn't as bad as it sounds At least, not for us kids I'll never knohat Darcy saw in Prentice, but she was the best Darcy was pure love"

I kneithout asking that Darcy was dead Tenn fell silent, his words weighted with old grief I had more questions, but I kept my mouth shut I knehat it was to lose so to poke at him over a loss that still hurt

"So," I said instead, "what now?"

Tenn stopped at the base of the stairs "What do you want to do?"