Chapter 245

Lizetta barely caught any Zs last night, tossing and turning, and even woke up at the witching hour to check on Joseph’s noggin.

Come moming, she woke up to full daylight streaming through the window and craned her neck.

Joseph was all snuggled up in the blanket, back turned to her and not moving a muscle.

Lizetta reached out and gave the boy’s head a little rub.

“The sun’s shining on our butts; time for us slackers to roll out of bed!”

But Joseph was still out like a light, and Lizetta propped herself up with a chuckle.

the act, get up. Gobble up breakfast and I’ll drop you off…”

She froze mid–sentence, her face going pale.

Joseph’s little face was burning up, and tuming him over, she saw a crimson mess under his nose a nosebleed had soaked through half the pillowcase.

“Joseph, wake up! Remi!”

Lizetta was scared witless, propping Joseph up and grabbing tissues to dab at the nosebleed, shouting for Remington.

Remington responded and pushed at the door, but it was locked from the inside.

Just as Lizetta was about to hop out of bed to unlock it, bam! Remington burst through the door.

the bed, panic–stricken, cradling an unconscious Joseph, his brows furrowed slightly, and he swiftly wrapped Joseph in the thin blanket and scooped them both up.

bundle

voice was a calm anchor in the storm.

the door and

Remington had already tucked Joseph into the back seat of the car and was

holding Joseph, and the man

ER, and Lizetta, watching the closed door, felt her

broad chest pressed against her back as he wrapped his arms around her waist, steadying her.

“Got scared?”

soothing rumble, and Lizetta let out a faint grunt, leaning on him for strength.

an episode before,

the hospital, she’d held Joseph, unable to

to be okay, right?”

up, her heart in knots.

a chair, took an alcohol wipe and carefully started cleaning the blood off

family’s troublemaker? What could possibly

his teasing tone eased her a bit, and she

of brother talks about his own sibling like that? If the Dashiell family has a troublemaker, it’s you. Joseph’s

did I manage wreak havoc on you?”

the tissue away, gave her hand a

in his eyes made Lizetta’s heart race.

he the biggest disaster of them all? She’d fallen head over heels

they were, and she tried to pull her hand back in

up, he asked,

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