“Matt, this is my mother Jill,” Vickie introduced them. Assuming that she had somehow realized that he’d had sex with Lydia, Matt braced for Jil...’s attack and saw Carla head for the Dart.“Thank you,” Jill exclaimed emotionally, hugging him tightly.“For what?” he asked, having no idea what she was talking about.“For making Lydia happy,” she replied. Even though there were unshed tears in her eyes, she didn’t seem upset to Matt.“I should probably explain,” she sighed so Matt led her into the. She felt her face grow warm, flushing in embarrassment. ‘Well, Miss,’ he said, those dark eyes twinkling in amusement, a smile just beginning to spread across his roguish face, ‘it seems that my last warning wasn’t enough to keep you out of trouble.’ ‘I – sir, I am so sorry,’ she stammered, lost in his eyes and his mahogany voice, ‘I just -‘ ‘I don’t want to hear any more excuses, Miss,’ he said firmly, eyes still teasing, ‘I’m going to have to ask you to step out of the car.’ She opened the. I spent the money to have every room soundproofed for the luxury of its inhabitants.”April asked, “What will happen to this home when you have all moved out?”“Excellent question, Ms. Nicholas, my initial idea was to offer it to the city for a place for kids who need to be watched over.”“Don’t they call that a halfway house?” my mother asked.“That is an old-fashioned term, Sarah,” he said, “Nowadays they use the term retraining facility.”“That sounds like a lot of PC crap, Mr. Thomas,” I. ”Antonio’s quick “I’m on it Julien,” was all the response I needed. I went back to the table and sat down. Even Adrien had stopped his complaining, mostly because Isabella had his arm so far up that any further pressure would dislocate his shoulder. “You can release them, my pets. Let them take their seats and make sure they stay there.” The girls released my brothers and watched as they sat down, then took up guard positions next to them. The defiance in my brother’s eyes was clear, but the.