A widowed businessman returns early to his quiet mansion, ready to confront the housekeeper, but what he sees changes everything

since babyhood whenever something required her full attention. Both of their faces were streaked with color. Avery had a broad sweep of cadmium yellow across one cheekbone. Sadie had blue on her forehead and did not appear to know or care.

Kneeling between them, moving from one to the other with an unhurried ease that suggested this had been going on continue reading …