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Stepping back into the apartment, this time with Prairie in her arms, things at first looked the same to Willow: cramped space with a sagging sofa, a lava lamp with its constant regurgitation, and oppressive heat muscling in from the outdoors, the hallway, and up through the two lower floors.
Julian and Derrick followed her in, neither suspecting she knew what had happened. She wondered just how long Papa planned to tail Derrick, keep him out of trouble, and carry the secret of Derrick’s betraying them both. Secrets, however, were Papa’s forte.
Both men angered her, and she went into the bedroom with Prairie. At least she had her baby home, and no nurse would be walking in to take the infant back to the nursery. Curled on the bed, she studied Prairie’s tiny dark lashes against her tr
