CHAPTER 18 BRAX As if Brax’s life wasn’t complicated enough right now… Preliminary indications were that one of the clothes dryers had malfunctioned, and a pile of bedsheets had caught fire. Although the sprinkler system did its job, an overzealous passer-by had called the fire department when they saw smoke, and the fire crew had wanted to be absolutely certain the blaze was extinguished. The laundry room was out of commission, the kitchen had smoke damage, and just for good measure, water had gone through the floor and damaged some of the rooms downstairs. And that wasn’t even the worst part of Brax’s day. No, that had come when he turned to see Meera watching Roxanne and Michael, her expression a mix of shock and horror. He needed to speak with her about it, to make sure she under