" I have a daughter, Joanne Dunleavy. Do you remember her?" Vaguely. I remember she went away to boarding school when I was about thirteen years old. ...'ve seen her a few times since then, in the Summer, but we've never spoken during those times, except to say hello, or mostly, just waved to each other." Do you remember coming to her birthday parties, before she went off to school?" I do, now that you mention it. She came to a few of mine as well. We weren't that close though. More like we were. “A father dreads being placed between quarreling children.” He finally replied. “But you would continue on even if I told you ‘no’, so any answer I give will have the same result. Yes, she came through, almost exactly one day ago. I know that she is disgraced from your company, but she told me it was for love. Who am I to judge her for following her heart? Did not my doing so give me all of you?”“For love!” Hrund spat. “She told you it was for love? It was not, unless you mean her love of. I love surprises.” Rachel flashed a smile and eagerly walked passed him toward their bedroom, drawing a suggestive hand across his chest on her way. She stopped just short of the bed and froze. A momentary look of confusion registered on her face, and she forced a smile. Maybe he should have gotten the bunny? “What's wrong? You don’t like it, Princess?” Marcus asked. He really thought she'd be pleased and was both embarrassed and disappointed by her reaction.Rachel’s smile dipped and she. And her two sort-of stepbrothers, Jorge Garcia and Javier Garcia. Five kids plus Winter Jennings ... looking like she’s 22.Buster, at 12, is the senior representative of the junior set. Riles and Jorge are 10, while BJ and Javier clock in at 8. Prodigious appetites, no matter how young.BJ, cheeks bulging, nodded at the Garcia boys, “Juanita they mamacita.”“I know. She’s nice.”Buster, stuffing fries, “Sexy too. Sexy as hell.”Jorge and Javier gave us shy little grins and nodded.I began my.