CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
MELINDA
I was in the gardens reading when Kieran found me three days after we'd made love for the first time. He looked pleased about something, relaxed in a way I hadn't seen before. It should have made me happy but instead my stomach twisted with unease.
"There you are," he said, sitting beside me on the bench. "I have news. My family is organizing a reunion next weekend. Everyone's coming to the estate."
"A reunion?" The book slipped from my fingers.
"Yes. Parents, aunts, uncles, cousins. The whole Vescari family gathering together." He picked up my book, marking my page before setting it aside. "It's been years since we've all been in one place. My mother used to organize these every summer before she died."
"That sounds nice." My voice came out too high, too
