Jesse knew as soon as he stepped into the kitchen that the morning was going to be a long one. Michelle and Dominique wore identical frowns. Dominique was also glaring with all the narrowed-eye intensity she could muster. Jesse briefly considered turning around and going back upstairs, to where Gideon still slept. Gideon wouldn’t mind if Jesse decided to hide in bed for the rest of the day, and Emma would probably join them.
Unfortunately, Michelle would have zero compunction about barging into the room if Dominique was in one of her moods, and Michelle didn’t want to deal with her. He never complained about them both living there, but only because if he did, Gideon would kick them out. And Michelle was still a little too weak to live on her own, even with Dominique’s help. Which might no
