Officer Chapman just couldn't bring himself to scold his beautiful little girl. She was still a baby, barely out of diapers, after all. All he could do was mutter, "Tomorrow, your aunt's taking over! And for the next few days, you're not allowed near your dad-two troublemakers, the both of you."

Annie scooped Lizzy up and headed upstairs. Lizzy kept her eyes on her dad the whole way, the sweet father- daughter bubble promptly popped by her no-nonsense mom.

Back in their room, Annie wasted no time calling Mia for tips on treating a baby sunburn.

Mia was horrified. “Are you serious? In this heat, you let him take her out again?”

Annie sighed, "Conner's got rocks for brains."

With Mia's advice in hand, Annie gently dabbed lotion on Lizzy's arms and, multitasking as always, called her sister.

The next morning, Maja practically marched down the hill and pried her niece straight out of her brother-in- law's arms.

the house, grumbling, "If she wants a daughter so bad, she should have her own instead

He wasn't the only one suffering. Even his bodyguards couldn't help but joke, "Boss, this can't go on. Why don't you help your sister-in-law

idea last night, and

do you really not get why my sister is looking after Lizzy? She's doing it because she doesn't trust you, not because she's single

have a whole crew of nannies. If that's not enough, your mom could help! You know your sister and I are like oil and water,

would never dare go against your orders, but my sister would call you

Lizzy with them was like closing a door but


mom was too intimidated by her son-in-law to

up with another one of his "brilliant” ideas. “Annie, why don't we just have another kid? That way your sister

just stared at him, at a total loss for

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