”Taylor jerked upright, “That’s like almost every toddler I take care of! Holy shit!”“Yep. Call me a busy guy. What’d Owen say? My little ...wimmers know exactly where to go and what to do.”Athena sat up, “I need to go to my own bed. I sleep in Rose’s room, so when she gets up there’s someone she knows there and I get up to feed her and get her ready for the day.”“You are a fabulous nanny.”“Thank you, and thank you for making love to me tonight. I ... I never thought it would be so wonderful.. “I know that,” she said, suddenly exasperated. “But not you. And why don’t you have a girlfriend? You’re a hunk, Bobby.”Her eyes got wide again and she cringed. It was obvious that last bit was unplanned and just spilled out of her mouth.“I don’t have time for the entanglements of a relationship,” I said. “I really do study a lot. Which, by the way, we should address so we don’t end up lying to our parents. College isn’t that bad for the first few years. If you develop good study habits and. “It’s OK. A lot of unexpected things have happened lately.”“You’re not kidding. All that stuff with Candace and Cassie. Candace moving away and in with you. Your father dying, you being here. It’s been a wild few years.” Claudia replied, nodding.“Yeah. So, there’s a lot I still don’t understand. Can you help explain stuff to me?”“Like what?”“Who’s Cassie?”A happy smile spread across Claudia’s face.“She’s my daughter. Why?”“Is she my sister too?”The smile quickly disappeared from Claudia’s. ’ Melissa stretched her legs and sauntered over to the nearby chair and sat down. She looked at the father and daughter hugging each other and remembered the awkward silence between Harold and Cybil when they both had landed up at the same time to meet Psyche. She had walked in on a painful moment when Harold had removed Cybil’s hand from his arm and moved away from her as if he couldn’t stand being around her. Melissa had seen his pain being reflected in Cybil’s eyes before it was covered with.