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Singer
20 days with Miles
This was ridiculous. Mother showed no signs of leaving any time soon, despite the fact that Lisa was avoiding her as much as humanly possible. Did she think if she lurked in the kitchen long enough she’d starve Lisa out? Even Mother had to sleep. Singer was almost certain he’d heard Lisa up in the middle of the night making sandwiches.
And that was nothing compared to Jake, who hadn’t asked for this, who hadn’t been born to it. Mother was coldly civil to him, but he had to know that she wasn’t happy about his presence. Or Miles’s.
Singer needed to say something. He was really only pretending to get ready for bed. Miles was asleep, the baby monitor hummed on the counter, and only the bedside lamps were still lit.
He had to say something, anything. There we
