บททั้งหมดของ The Billion Dollar Bet: บทที่ 181 - บทที่ 190

"I'm not asking them to. I'm asking for a chance to know them. To be their grandmother. To love them the way I should've loved Carter." Patricia stood too, came to stand next to me at the window. "Grace, you're an incredible mother. I've followed your interviews, seen how you talk about them. They'r

I watched Patricia interact with them for the next hour. She didn't try to force affection. Didn't ask them to call her grandma right away. Just played with them, listened to their chatter, asked questions about their favorite things. August warmed up slowly, eventually showing her his favorite book

GRACE'S POV I realized about twenty minutes into Patricia's visit that I'd made the meeting sound much more structured in my head than it actually was. I'd planned to sit in the corner, monitor everything, keep it clinical and brief. Instead I was on my living room floor next to Patricia helping Au

"I spent two years imagining what they'd be like. What I'd say when I finally met them." Patricia wiped her face with the back of her hand. "All my careful plans went right out the window the moment August handed me that block." "They do that." I almost smiled. "Especially August. He decides if he

GRACE'S POV It started the week after Patricia's visit. Small things at first, easy to dismiss. August asking at breakfast if their daddy liked eggs. James wanting to know if their daddy was tall or short. August telling me at bedtime that Liam from preschool had a daddy who came to pickup on Frida