I woke to an empty bed. That was fine with me. Thinking about last night and everything Trey had said filled me with an anxious energy, so instead of doing as I’d been instructed and thinking about it, I pushed it away.
I didn’t want to think about it. Not right now.
I scurried back to my room, threw on clean clothes, and went in search of breakfast. Before I even got to the stairs, I heard a bright peal of laughter and the padding of feet, both which clearly belonged to a child. A moment later, an answering deep rumble that definitely wasn’t Trey reached my ears. I couldn’t make out the words. At this distance and with how softly the person spoke, there was no hope for it. But I somehow wasn’t surprised when I found Duncan sitting in the living room.
The two children were a surprise, t
