Page 13 of Her Billionaire's Baby Secret

“I don’t know. She told me she can’t stand the thought of living alone in the house. I think that was one of the reasons she wanted me to stay a little longer.”

“What about your parents? Are they going to be able to stay longer too?” Sariah asked.

“My sister is due to have a baby any day, and my mom’s in a hurry to get back to be with her.”

“That’s right,” Sariah said. “I saw on social media that your sister was due soon.”

“She doesn’t even feel safe to travel to her own grandpa’s funeral right now.”

“That’s so hard,” Sariah said. “I bet she really wishes she could be here.”

“She does. It’s just really bad timing.”

Her grandma came back in from the kitchen with her coffee and sat on the couch. “Tell Kane that I’d like to come help out too.”

“My grandma wants to come help.”

“Is she there with you?” Kane asked.

“Yeah. She’s right next to me.” And she seemed like she was getting antsy.

“You know,” she whispered, “the sooner you get off the phone, the sooner you can see him in person.”

Sariah held in a laugh.

“We’d love to have her. My grandma will be happy to see her. She’s having a hard time parting with Gramp’s things.”

“If she’s moving to a smaller place, she’s probably going to have to get rid of a lot more than your grandpa’s stuff.”

Her grandma looked shocked at this news, which surprised Sariah. Sariah assumed she had known about the move since she and Mrs. Edwards were best friends.

“Moving where?” Her grandma frantically tapped on her arm. “Get off the phone so we can head over there. I need to talk to her right now.”

“We should head over there soon then. My grandma’s pretty anxious to get there and figure out what’s going on with the move. We’ll bring the muffins too.”

“I won’t complain about you bringing me muffins.” He had warmth in his voice when she ended the call.

She set her phone down and looked over at her grandma.

“I can’t believe Gayle decided to move out of her house,” her grandma said.

“It does seem like a pretty sudden decision.”

“Sometimes grief does that to us,” her grandma said, shaking her head.

“Do you think she’s going to leave Maple Creek?” Sariah asked.

“I seriously doubt it. Gayle grew up here. I couldn’t imagine her ever wanting to live anywhere else.”

“You don’t think she’ll want to move to New York to be near her daughter?”

“Heavens no. Gayle in New York?” Her grandma scoffed. “I couldn’t imagine it.”

“I wouldn’t want to live there either.”

“I’m with you,” her grandma said. “I’m perfectly happy living in Maple Creek.”

“I’ve never told you this, but when Kane and I were seniors in high school, he asked me to move to New York and go to school there instead of here in Virginia.”

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