The Arrangement Vol. 26 by H. M. Ward

Author:H. M. Ward [Ward, H. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laree Bailey Press
Published: 2019-09-07T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 10

After another sleepless night of walking our new babies across the plush carpet, I was dead on my feet. But we still had the issue of dealing with the threat. When I brought it up with Constance, she told me she’d take care of it. I didn’t want her to. Not that I was ungrateful for her help with everything in the past, but I needed to know who this was, why they were doing this, and stop them by my own hand. That’s how this breakfast came to be. I didn’t tell her I was the one summoning everyone to the table. Including Mr. Ferro.

Daybreak finally came. Sean emerges from the shower, body slick with water, before toweling off. His hair is tousled and he has that five o’clock shadow first thing in the morning. His blue eyes are bright like he’s had plenty of sleep, although I know he’s had little. He didn’t want a nanny either. The only rest we got came from the Grannies. Which tends to be early in the day. Instead of passing out after the shift change, we dressed the little ones in adorable outfits and brought them down to the huge living room in the main part of the mansion. Constance reworked areas that weren’t affected by the blast, some she updated, some she kept identical. This room leads into the dining area and it’s very similar to how it had been. Wingback chairs, couches, card tables of carved mahogany and opulence dripping off every fixture in the space.

I hold our baby girl on my hip. Sean cradles the sleeping baby boy in his arms. Face tilted down, Sean watches his sleeping son. “We really need to name him.”

“And his sister?”

“We can call her Sissy.”

I pull her away as if she’s in mortal danger and cover her ears as if he spewed evil. “No, we can’t! That’s not happening. It’d be like calling a cat kitty.”

“Kitty is a cute name. Kathryne.”

I glare at him. “I see we are going to have words about this later. You’re going to shorten everything, aren’t you?”

Sean smirks up at me, dark hair falling forward into his eyes. He frees his hand and pushes it back. “Maybe.” He changes the topic after glancing around the room. “I assume we are early?”

“Yeah, about that. We’re actually late. I wanted a second to warn you who’s in there.”

A wall juts up and covers his face, masking all emotion. “What did you do?”

“Clan meeting. I’m not sitting by and waiting.”

“Who?”

Crap. He’s speaking in one-word sentences. “Every Ferro who would come.”

Sean shifts the baby in his arms and rubs his temples with his thumb and forefinger. “Avery, I thought we were keeping this between us?”

“I did. And I added all the help we could get. Your Aunt Lizzie is here, your uncle declined. Your mother, mine, and your brothers, plus their wives. And then,” I grimace, “your father.”

Sean inhales deeply after hearing the final addition to the breakfast group. “Avery…”

“Sean, our son was threatened.

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