Chapter Fifty Five

“What’s wrong with her?” David immediately spoke out of concern.

The boys were just staring at us — Baron and I — as he ascended down the rest of the stairs with me still in his arms, suddenly feeling uncomfortable, I tried to free myself out of his arms but he was having none of it. In fact, he held on tighter, refusing to drop me until he got to my seat by the table before he gently placed me on it as though I was some delicate thing that could break if mishandled.

I was beyond embarrassed at the show Baron was putting on this morning. This was not how I’d envisioned this morning to be, and it was still early. I stared intently at the arrays of breakfast mom had made, it was like a buffet party where people are invited for the sole reason of eating. Mom was really outdoing herself here. She was trying to make all of us one big family that enjoyed each other’s company. I sighed, if only she knew.

“Darling, your father’s talking to you.” Mom’s voice made me raise my head. I ignored t