#Chapter 258: You Have To Come Back

With the urgency waylaid for now, we move into the living room to be more comfortable. I have many questions, want many answers, but I’m struggling to know where even to start. It’s been a long night already, and I feel like it’s just getting started. First things first though, I ask to hold Mia. Archer passes her over to me. She’s dozing, caught on the very edge of sleep, peering up at me from behind her heavy eyelids. Despite my concerns with the nanny, the woman appears to have done a reasonable enough job. Mia is breathing normally. She’s not feverish. She seems content and well fed. I decide not to ask the brothers about their vetting process. It matters little right now, with Mia safely with me. Before I leave, I’ll confront them. They have to be more careful in their replacing of me. Replacing me. Ug. The words make me want to throw up, despite all the reasons they shouldn’t. How long did I want out of the contract that bound me to this place, these brothers, and this l