Heartbreaker by Claire Grahame

Author:Claire, Grahame
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9974728-2-0
Publisher: Grahame Claire
Published: 2019-09-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Mulaney

“After you tour the other school, meet me at the office—what the hell are y’all doing here?”

I halted in the opening to the living room. Holly stopped beside me, and Gabriel clutched her hand, sticking close to her. I didn’t blame him. There were a whole bunch of Jacobs already here.

“That darlin’ boy, Easton, sent us some help so we could spend an extra few days up here.” Ruby got to her feet. Once she was in front of me, she pointed to her cheek, and I kissed it.

Darlin’ boy, my ass. He’d promised Stone he’d take care of getting some help at the ranch if everybody wanted to go to Paris some time. Guess he’d done it behind my back for this trip.

“What a gem,” I finally muttered, hugging my grandmama’s petite frame.

“Baby, you look so pretty,” Daddy said, almost like he’d never seen me before.

I glanced down at my dress and heels and realized he hadn’t seen me like this very often. “Thanks.” I kicked off my shoes, past done with them for the day. “You remember Holly, don’t you?”

At some point or other, everybody had visited me at the office in Houston, but never at one time. She appeared a little shell-shocked too.

“We do, but I don’t remember that big fella,” Granddaddy said.

“I’m Gabriel,” he said, stepping out of his mother’s shadow.

“Nice to meet you, son.” My grandfather stood and held out his hand. It was so much bigger than Gabriel’s when they shook, but the boy didn’t seem intimidated anymore.

Stone pointed at my feet. “Put those shoes back on. We were just about to head upstairs.”

“Holly and I need to go over some things—” Mama’s look stopped me dead. “Let me wash my hands.”

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