Chapter Twenty-Seven
By the time Nicholas was coming up the driveway, Todd had long gone and the house was spotless again. Breakfast had been French toast, orange juice and fresh fruit. Morning tea had been an entire chocolate cake and half a litre of ice cream each. Todd warned them he’d be back in the afternoon to prepare dinner and apologised again for disturbing them. Gina and Connor didn’t bother telling him it was only because he’d been a different sound and scent that either of them had woken. They left the contract lawyer at the dining room table with a coffee and a stack of paper he’d pulled from his briefcase and the four of them headed for the door.
Ashley opened the front door and grinned at Nicholas. “Is it too late to add something else to the contract? I really think I sho
