child in her lap and could not recall how

seemed to be attached to h

d expression and decided she didn't want

d Elisa set aside the little thing on

door. "There is no empty room in my hou

strangle the stupid la

and EQ eat

direction of William and saw t

int of teasin

d of me?" He w

erthink

our home

zy. She tilted her head and glanced at the

d was sitting and

stop thinking about William's enticing g

that she ran into William

that it was no

t overtime, but that day she was awa

ritably. She opened the door, only t

ce them to go outside in the cold. If anything bad happens, it will be too late to

iented. "Aunt Emma, could you please spea

White and stepped aside to

d was Br

a thin little home

chilly and rosy, and he

d her again, she dragged the kid into the home. "

slammed th

breaths as she stare

ame off her face, she dropped her voice, a

ffly together, dropped his

e stature, she was remin

little body, laying him on the sofa,

al-clear, grape-like eyes and l

arition had the ability

how he knew her home add

tle face and suddenly di

ne, she smiled and said, "Are you hungr

nodded h

ld you li

flesh hand groped i

ot a notebook and pen from a small drawer

rew carefully on it and

ed at the notes

. Scrambled eggs with tomato and

l writing was imm

re was nothing wrong with Bruce Brich's intelli

not even know those words,

s he not

to say it, or cou

e in the fridge. You wait here." Eli

ch nodded

wash, change her clothes, a

of soup on the table, and she prepared

s he glanced at the meal, so he

d, patiently wat

ave him a san

ich ate

as she looked at him while

you give me your father's or

ting. Bruce's cheerful deme

his dark and bril

watching the Maserati driv

he realized she had just done something horr

e anything wrong

a doctor-pati

as a professional and qualified doctor. Wh

did not believe it was important for her to be friends with the

father's phone number, he tossed the

William summoned him. He crept int

o over and cuddle his tiny body,

She was not filled with emotion or patience. She could be

youngster who clearly required

ned to the living room, took up t

ext to her rang

ked at it, and noticed that s

ed as she stroked t

rned her attention to the book, b

d Brandon

sit his old classmates, or did he

era

one small, were sitt

that it seemed like it mig