Chapter 40

Delilah cleared her throat, a hint of awkwardness in her voice. “Oh, it’s nothing much, honey. I was just curious about who you had dinner with tonight. Was it a classmate of yours?”

So that was it.

Mirabella shook her head. “Nope, not a classmate.”

“Boy or girl?” Delilah prodded gently, her curiosity getting the better of her.

Looking straight into her mother’s eyes with disarming clarity, Mirabella responded calmly and patiently. “A guy. He used to be my neighbor. I helped him out a while back, and we bumped into each other today, so he treated me to dinner.”

suspicions that had flitted through her mind. She touched the tip of her nose self–consciously, and decided not to pry further, her tone softening as she spoke, 1

but she had

the obedient tone, Delilah felt a new wave of guilt and quickly changed the subject. “You must be tired after a long day of

it up and drink it before bed.” Saying this, Delilah hurried into the kitchen, fetched

upstairs. Delilah let out a heavy sigh only after her daughter’s silhouette had disappeared at the

“I’m just not cut out

our girl more and not jump to conclusions at

It got me all worked up… Never

could dial the number. “Emmitt and Mira have had a

aside, her frustration evident. “This is a tough nut

back a few days. They need time to get to know each other.

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