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“Ashlyn’s family.”
“And?”
“The rest of the town,” she mutters after a long pause.
“And who cleaned up stinky truck?”
Her nose wrinkles. “The gossip gals.”
“You get it now? This whole town is here for you.”
She lets out a breath and nods. “I got it.”
She doesn’t, but she will. I can repeat how she’s worthy of love a million times, but she’s never going to listen. Considering how she blames herself for the crash that killed her family, her behavior is no surprise.
Someone needs toshowher she deserves love. And I just volunteered for the job.
“Good. Because someone just laid a brick in her diaper and it’s your turn to change her.”
I shove the baby at her before escaping the room.
Chapter 24
Has anyone seen my phone? ~ Message from Soleil on the Winter Falls Facebook page
Elder
“Is Robin already asleep?” Harmony asks as she enters the house.
I smile at her but my smile dissolves when I notice her face. Her eyes are red and swollen and her cheeks are all blotchy. She’s obviously been crying.
I walk to the refrigerator to retrieve two beers and hand one to her. “Sit down. Tell me what happened.”
She collapses on the couch. “Thanks for staying home to watch Robin,” she says instead of answering me.
I sit next to her and squeeze her thigh. “You don’t need to thank me.”
“I didn’t realize how late it was. Do you need to go to the brewery?”
“Nope. Miller offered to handle the evening shift as long as I did his day of administration work this week.”
Her nose wrinkles. “But you hate admin work.”
I shrug. The truth is I don’t mind the admin work much anymore. Not when it gives me the chance to stay home two days a week and work from the kitchen table while I care for Robin.
“Stop avoiding the question. What happened at the Wildlife Refuge?” I know it’s bad. Harmony wouldn’t miss an evening with Robin without a reason.
She frowns down at her beer bottle. “We lost Clara.”
“Clara?”
“Clara the capybara.”
“What happened?”
A tear escapes from her eye. I reach up to capture it. “Come on, my stubborn girl. You can tell me.”
“I’m not stubborn.”
