Chapter 10
Marcus had slept on the sofa, evidently, and was just folding the blankets when Reine walked downstairs, dressed, with Eva. There was no way in hell she was tiptoeing around her daughter for Charlotte. The front door opened, and there was Iris, a welcome face, with Jake behind her.
“Good morning, little miss,” Iris said to Eva. Reine knew both Iris and Jake had already pieced together that there was trouble in paradise.
Reine heard the stairs creak behind her as she stepped off, and she looked up to see Cameron racing down, yelling, “Grandma, Grandma!”
Charlotte followed him, dressed in her deputy uniform, the same tense expression on her face from the night before. Reine stepped over to the side and let Charlotte pass, and Charlotte let her gaze linger on Marcus before walk
