“Thank you again, Warren. Not just for keeping Jasmine for me but for sending Hayley with the coffee too. It was a life saver.” Nancy had been home less than ten minutes. Her feet hurt and her eyes were gritty but the day was nearly over.
“Are you sure you don’t want me to hang around a while longer? It’s no big deal.” Her brother sat in the middle of her living room floor playing with a three-year-old wearing nothing but a diaper as if he did it every day.
“I’m not sending you away. You’re welcome to stay as long as you want. I need to start dinner.” She pushed herself up off the sofa where she’d collapsed for a few minutes after she’d come in and headed for the kitchen. “If you’re gonna stay, why don’t you call Hayley and see if she wants to join us.”
“Hayley’s going out with Denni to
