#Chapter 438 – A Bit of Space

“Good, you should blush more often,” Cora says on a laugh, bumping her shoulder against her son’s. “You’ve lived far too much of your life without shame.” “My profligate youth!” Jesse sighs, mock nostalgic. Ella gracefully stands, taking Midnight’s finished bowl of ice cream and putting a sack of sweets in its place. Jesse laughs as the girl eagerly digs in, talking to Rafe with a mouth full of caramel as Ella quietly comes to stand with her sister and her nephew. “So,” Ella says, beaming at Jesse. “What are your plans for our little girl here?” “Ours, is she?” Jesse says, his voice pretending to be full of doubt. “And here I was, thinking she was mine.” “Oh, she’s ours,” Ella says, wrinkling her nose at her nephew. “You know I can’t resist an orphan. So? Plans? Should we just let her loose in the pantry and let her eat her fill so that she can fatten up a bit?” She looks over her shoulder, letting her eyes move slowly over Midnight’s spindly legs, her too-thin wrists and sh