Remi POV
"Have fun," grandma said.
Like that. Out loud. In front of everyone.
I stopped on the second stair. "Grandma—"
"I'm a deep sleeper." She settled back in her chair like she was making a formal declaration. "Always have been. Completely deaf after nine o'clock. Everyone in this family knows that."
"It's eight forty-seven," Mitch said helpfully.
"Close enough." She waved her hand. "Go. Both of you."
"She's taking him upstairs."
Isolde said to the room. To everyone.
"Isolde—"
"To the childhood bedroom." She turned to mother. "The one with the star blanket."
"I know which bedroom," mother said. Quietly. Into her tea. Smiling.
"ISOLDE."
Grandma stood up.
Everyone stopped.
She looked at me. Then at Nero behind me. Then back at me.
She looked at Nero properly. The full ass
