lack family home to shame. It was three stories of decorative brick, ma

ped her lips before she could prevent it. "That is not dignified, Avery," her mother p

he gave him a quick shake of the head, smiling assurances that she would be okay getting out unaided. He hesitated, looki

oper". Fortunately, for both of them, her mother was too busy taking in the majestic scene

h different colored lights from beneath the water. They blinked between silver and gold. Then betw

instructed even as she started toward the mansion, not

ery's first rodeo, but that was exactly what she was bound to find on the other side of the impossibly large, double d

ite. There would be congresspeople, old money, real estate tyco

s anybody. From the Blacks all the way to the Ross

ere will be no escaping her today.' This time, Avery didn't bother to supress the sigh, but she was saved from her

cummerbunds, looked more proper for guests than what she wa

them without even a glance. "Amelia and Avery Black," Ave

eir attention to whoever was coming in behind them. Though Avery wasn't really paying att

ou're blocki

m snapping back at Helen and took her mothe