Chapter 5
“Does he have a brother?” Sarah murmured, when Alex stepped out to take another call. She’d come home about halfway through the cavalcade of leftovers Nell had dug out of the fridge. Her brows had risen, but she’d tucked in without doing more than murmur a greeting.
“He’s got six,” Nell told her, “and six sisters.”
Not much surprised Sarah, but that did. “You’re kidding.”
Nell gave a shrug. She’d had several hours to get used to the idea, well, as used to it as one could. She went back and forth between wanting, and not wanting to meet the dad. It felt historic and awkward. Already she pictured him as a zucchini, which made her blush before she met him. So yeah, be better if they didn’t meet.
“Wow.”
Their gazes met and they both grinned.
“Seven brothers. They can’t all be
