(Scarlett’s POV)
"I get it. We made a mistake. We shouldn't have taken Lily without informing you. But isn't Scarlett being too much to call us kidnappers? Lily is our granddaughter, after all."
James's words hit me like ice water. The casual dismissal in his tone, the way he says it like I'm some hysterical woman overreacting to nothing.
I stop dead in my tracks, my hand tightening around Lily's small fingers.
"Too much?" I turn around slowly, and something in my voice makes Dorian step closer to me. "You think I'm being too much?"
"Sweetheart, we understand you're upset—" Blair starts, but I cut her off with a laugh that sounds nothing like me.
"Upset? No, Blair. Upset is when someone cancels dinner plans. This?" I gesture between us, my voice rising. "This is what happens when peo
