No More Pretending

Declan's smile faded. "What's wrong?"

Miriam, lying in bed, looked at Gideon. "Your brother's always busy with work. It's understandable if he's a bit late..."

She was clearly trying to avoid talking about Declan and Audrey.

Miriam had planned to just gloss over it in front of them.

She wanted to pretend it never happened.

Declan was smart. Miriam figured if she just gave him a little nudge,