CHAPTER 9
Emilia raced downstairs and burst into David’s study, her phone still clutched in her hand. Startled by the abrupt disruption, David jerked and his pen skidded across the page, leaving a trail of red ink over the essay he was marking.
Oblivious to the havoc she’d caused, Emilia dropped into one of the chairs in front of the desk. ‘I just got off the phone with Stace. She and Kevin are coming back for Thanksgiving. So are Jess and Maddie.’
‘That’s nice,’ David responded absently, his mind still on the essay he was trying to grade.
‘So I was thinking, how about we have a big Thanksgiving dinner here and invite everyone over?’ she announced.
David’s eyebrows shot up and he started paying proper attention to what Emilia was saying. ‘Really? We don’t usually throw parties h
