This time, Emma couldn't manage a smile.
She glanced at the clock and suddenly remembered what Allen had mentioned earlier. Nancy had asked William to come home for dinner tonight.
It was something she had nearly forgotten, lost in the chaos of Andrew's interruption.
She looked at William in silent panic. His expression was dark, almost unreadable. "Stop with the look. Answer it, put it on speaker, and don't say much."
Emma swallowed hard.
If she could, she would have avoided answering altogether. But there was no time to mentally brace herself now. She quickly tapped the screen and reluctantly answered the call.
She considered his advice and decided that a simple hello would suffice.
Over the phone, there was a brief pause before Nancy's voice came through, warm but with an edge of
