Chapter 11“You should’ve let him go, Belle.”
“The boy needs a place to stay,”
“And you let Rafe take him?”
“Rafe can take care of himself. You’ll see that sooner or later.”
“Later. Much later.”
Belle sighed. “The smartest thing he ever did was get out from under your roof.”
Silverware clattered too loud for Rafe to hear what Mama said in response to that, though he had a good idea it wouldn’t have been very complimentary. When she’d discovered where Sullivan had gone to after leaving Belle’s, she’d promptly stopped talking to Rafe, retreating into her silent, angry world where her son wasn’t a full grown adult harboring a man with questionable motives. Nothing he could say could shake her from it. The best thing she’d done for both of them was leave him alone in the kitchen to finish
