The Quelling Tide (The Gifted Realm Book 7) by Jillian Neal

Author:Jillian Neal [Neal, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Realm Press
Published: 2015-05-25T16:00:00+00:00

“I still can’t believe she invited them!”

“But you promised Aida you wouldn’t yell.” Fionna’s reminder was vehement as they followed the girls back to the garage.

“I will not yell.” He vowed more for himself than his wife. “But I will talk.”

“Nicely!”

“I’ll work on it,” was the best Dan could offer her truthfully.

“Well, I hear we’ve decided to rush into something else!” was Mrs. Vindico’s huffed greeting.

“Mother, what the hell were you thinking inviting the Richmonds to our reception?” Dan kept his voice low but menacing. “Did you not think that might make them extremely uncomfortable?”

“I really don’t think that we need to tell everyone about this until after the reception.” Mrs. Vindico gestured her hand to Fionna’s abdomen.

“It’s like you’re having two different arguments.” Meredith sighed.

“This!” Dan felt his fury begin to pulse acridly through his veins.

“Dan, please! You promised Aida.” Fionna begged.

He swallowed down his volatile anger. “Mother, this is my wife, the woman who means everything to me, the woman who quite literally pulled me out of the depths of hell. Whom, by the way, I have already married. She is carrying my child, just like Aida, my baby, your granddaughter. Please, for once, respect something that I want even if it isn’t just how you planned it.”

“The Richmond’s have been our neighbors for thirty years, Daniel. I had to extend them an invitation. They are aware that you’ve moved on. It would have been rude not to invite them.”

“Did you ever think that having my former fiancée’s parents there might make my wife uncomfortable, or that it might make me uncomfortable? Of course you didn’t. It doesn’t matter what I want. It never has! As long as it’s all about you, that’s all that will ever matter.” It took all of Dan’s massive strength to keep his tone a notch under shouting.

“Olivia, why don’t you and Aida come up to my old room and we’ll play Barbies.” Kara attempted to guide the girls out of the storm of tension barraging the kitchen.

“No! We’re eating now!” Mrs. Vindico flung a massive casserole dish of some kind of rice concoction onto the dining room table.

Nervous glances shot around the room like a lit fuse.

The shrill ring of the house phone shattered through some of the choking tension. The Governor shot Dan a warning glare before answering.

“Hello?” He rolled his eyes and gave an annoyed huff. “Since you are currently speaking with the Governor let me assure you and any other media organizations that I have no comment on whether or not my daughter-in-law will be signing for another season with the Angels. Let me also assure you that if you phone me at home again, it will not end well for you and the Gifted News Network.”

As he slammed the phone down, Fionna’s head sank. “I’m so sorry, sir.”

Governor Vindico softened instantly. “Sweetheart, this certainly isn’t your fault. It’s none of their business. They’d planned to run those honeymoon pictures of Rainer and Emily for weeks. When Stephen made that impossible, they scrambled for news.

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