Chapter 15

JASMINE

Blake and I both pulled into the packhouse lot at about the same time. Talia and I grabbed all of the shopping bags out of the car and walked into the house. Blake waited for us, holding the door open.

Blake pulled out chairs at the dining room table, signaling for us to sit. “Tell me the whole story of what happened.”

Lucy stayed standing and went into a rant, not leaving any detail out. Blake and Luke stared at her as she told the story. I watched their facial expressions as they became angrier and angrier.

“I’m ready to banish her,” Blake roared, banging his fist on the table and walking away down the hall toward his office.

“Baby, why don’t you go lie down. You’ve had a hard day,” Luke said, taking Lucy’s hands. I watched as he rubbed his thumbs against her palms, reminding me of when he used to do the same thing to me. The familiar aching pain in my chest surfaced, and I looked away.

I turned to Talia and said, “We should separate out all of the clothes we bought tod