Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 45614 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 228(@200wpm)___ 182(@250wpm)___ 152(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 45614 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 228(@200wpm)___ 182(@250wpm)___ 152(@300wpm)
“Did you love it?” she asked.
“Yes, once I embraced it, I came to love everything about gardening and realized I could do anything. I love my job, and in the last three years, I have met a lovely young woman, who happens to enjoy helping me in my garden.”
She smiled at him. “I don’t know if I’m good at helping you.”
“You help me, Tamsin, and don’t ever think you don’t.” David glanced over at her and winked.
That meant the world to her. All her life, her mother had always described her as being a pain in the ass. She had often felt like her parents didn’t know what to do with her.
“Thank you,” Tamsin said.
She didn’t want to cry.
She refused to cry.
There was no point in it.
At the sound of footsteps approaching, Tamsin looked up to see one of the women who worked in the kitchen holding a cell phone. She didn’t recognize the cell phone as the woman held it out to her.
“There’s a telephone call for you, Mrs…” The woman offered the phone, gave her a smile, and Tamsin frowned.
Putting the cell phone to her ear as if it were a foreign object she didn’t know how to work, she frowned. “Hello, this is Mrs. Savonas. May I please ask who is calling?”
“And here I was expecting you to answer saying, ‘What’!”
Landon.
Tamsin couldn’t help but smile and she glanced over at David. “I have to take this.”
David gave a nod of the head, and she quickly moved out of earshot.
“What are you doing?” Tamsin asked.
“Calling you, I think that is obvious,” Landon said. “Has marriage frazzled your brain so much that you don’t know who you are or what you’re doing?”
“You know you’re not funny, don’t you?” Tamsin couldn’t help but smile though. She remembered not too long ago, when Landon had been broken. It was just after finding out his woman—or at least who he thought was his woman, Sarah—had died. It had nearly killed him. Their brothers had no choice but to watch him as he attempted to kill himself. She did believe in the action of killing his father, he’d been trying to commit suicide. Then he’d met his real woman, Tulip, who happened to be Sarah’s twin sister. There was a story behind that as well—twins separated at birth, and growing up in completely different circumstances. Either way, Sarah had ended up killed by their father. Tulip had been discovered and as far as she knew, Landon and Tulip lived together with completely different identities, and even had a child now as well.
“I’m hilarious, but enough about me, let’s talk about you, my precious sister.”
She rolled her eyes. “There is nothing to tell.”
“There is always something to tell. You’re married. How is married life treating you? Has Mason had to spank you for being naughty?”
There was absolutely nothing sexual in Landon’s line of questioning, but if there was anyone listening in, they wouldn’t get his sense of humor. She did. Also, she was a little nervous in case someone was listening in.
“I don’t think it’s a good idea that you called,” Tamsin said.
“I know there’s always a risk, but trust me, I’m not going to put you or my family in danger. I just needed to check in with my little sister. Are you okay? How is everything? Do you need me to come and kick his ass?”
“No, I don’t need you to come and kick anyone’s ass. Everything is fine. Honestly, it’s all good. Everything is good.” She had no idea what to keep saying. She felt a little on edge.
Tamsin didn’t want his phone call to be a waste, so she told him about the charity event, seeing their brothers, Jacob coming to her rescue.
“You’re still hating them?” Landon asked.
“I … I don’t hate them.”
“But you’re not giving them the time of day.”
“You know, you’re supposed to be the one taking my side,” Tamsin said, and within minutes of talking to her brother, she suddenly felt like a little girl again.
She pressed fingers to her temple and tried not to get angry.
“I am on your side, honey. Don’t you see that? I know that while I am here, I cannot be there to help you.”
“There is nothing for you to do. There is no point in you risking your life to try and help me.” She didn’t want Landon to ruin his life. Not for her. Not for anyone.
“Exactly. You don’t want me to help you, and I can’t help you from here. But I’m not the only one around. You’ve got Jacob, Abel, Oliver, Gideon, Damon, and even Gabriel and his two brothers. Not to mention their wives, and there is also Jade as well. If you reach out to her, she’ll help you.”
Jade Castillo had been on the run with Landon. They were supposed to become a couple, but instead they had become partners in crime. Landon had been killed, and she didn’t know exactly what was going on with Jade and her family. She had focused on her problem with Mason and the Savonases.