Page 126 of Sins of the Father

“She slept on Steven until her fever went away and then I brought the crib in here around four.”

Jamison holds his hands out, and Quinn hands Hope to him. He kisses her. “Did you miss me? I missed you.”

She twists his nose. “Da!”

“Hey! That hurts!”

“She did that to Steven all week, too,” Harper says.

Quinn raises an eyebrow. “What else happened to Steven?”

More heat floods my face.

Jamison turns. “Have you two been shacked up all week?”

“Jamie, shut up,” Harper replies.

He points. “Both your clothes are in the closet.”

“Just tell me you didn’t do the nasty in front of Hope,” Quinn says.

“Of course we didn’t,” Harper insists.

“Looks like you were about to when I walked in,” Quinn teases.

Jamison focuses on me. “Steven, have you been taking advantage of my sister?”

“Jamie!”

Jamison ignores Harper and doesn’t take his eyes off me.

My face feels so hot, I think I might burst out in a full-blown sweat, and the air becomes thick. “No. I’m serious about her.”

“Define serious,” Jamison says.

“Jamie, stop it. This isn’t your business.”

He hands Hope to Quinn. “Oh, I don’t know. I think it might be.”

I cringe inside. The last thing I want is to go back to my rocky relationship with Jamison.

“It’s not,” Harper insists then takes my hand. “Let’s go, Steven.”

“Where are you going?” Quinn asks.

“I’m not going to listen to this. I’m thirty-five, not fifteen.”

Jamison starts laughing. “I’m just giving Steven some of his own medicine. Get changed. We’ll go to breakfast.”

“You’re not upset?” I ask.

“Nope. We figured something was going on before we left.”

“You did?”

“Duh. We’re not stupid,” Quinn interjects. “But please don’t ever make me watch you trying to put the moves on Harper again.”

“Ha ha,” Harper says.

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