Naomi Hart spoke with a calm smile, her voice even and unhurried. There was not the slightest trace of displeasure or forced patience in her expression.
Derek Sinclair stared at her, momentarily at a loss for words. He had prepared an entire speech to persuade her to accept Vivian’s presence in the family. Yet the conversation had gone so smoothly that guilt settled heavily in his chest.
They had lived with Vivian day after day for years. It was natural to form attachments, to worry that she might be wronged. Especially him.
The memory of overhearing Vivian’s conversation with Paige still made his blood run cold. He had nearly lost his composure that day.
But Naomi was their true sister. She had grown up away from home, only to return and discover someone else had taken her place. If a
