Nathan and Diana took Oliver out for dinner and came home late. Claire, unused to eating alone, asked Aunt Carol to join her at the table.Nathan noticed the gauze on her hand. "What happened there?""Oliver bit me this morning."She saw no reason to hide it. If a father failed to raise his son properly, that was on him and as Oliver's biological father, that responsibility belonged squarely to Nathan."Nathan, he's not usually like that," Diana said, steering Oliver forward. "Go on, apologize to Aunt Claire."Oliver clung to her leg instead and shouted, "Aunt Claire threw away my water gun and hit me! I was scared, so I bit her!""Hush! This is Aunt Claire's house. You listen to her, or I'll send you right back out the door!"Right. Five years, and Diana's talent for saying one thing while meaning another hadn't dulled at all.Claire rolled her eyes, silently."He's just a kid, don't frighten him," Nathan said, then turned to Claire, something almost pleading in his eyes. "Claire, he
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