I draw close her chin and tilt her face up. “How’s it been around here?”
She sighs. “Dramatic.”
I glance down the hall. “Yeah, I’m sensing that.”
“That’s mother and father for you.” She shrugs. “Can’t live with ’em, however emancipation is a high priced and difficult process.”
I chuckle. “You know my door’s continually open, right? There’s a spare room with your title on it.”
She glances at Thomas. “But that would leave Thomas maintaining down the fort. He’s just a little kid.”
“And what are you?”
Blue eyes stare up at me—wise past their years. “I’m the large sister.”
I lean over and kiss her forehead. Then I whisper, “This weekend will be correct for them, I promise. Like a mini vacation. And I’ll speak to them—knock their heads together.”
She gives me a gentle smile, as if she a
