#Chapter 281 - Partings

I lead Emma and Delia out to the front porch as Bridgette goes upstairs for a shower and Victor and Rafe begin to concentrate on their work today. As we settle into our chairs, I’m pleased to see Miss Georgia coming up the path. Good, I think, smiling and waving to her. Now the boys will be distracted as well. Georgia gives me a happy nod as she heads into the house, looking for the boys, and I pull my legs up onto the little loveseat as well, beaming at Delia and Emma. “We’ll have some privacy now,” I say, smiling at them. “Privacy,” Emma says, looking through the window at the house filled with people, “seems to be a…relative term. In this house.” “Oh, it’s not so bad,” I laugh, tucking my hair behind my ears and shaking my head. “You get used to it – it feels…I don’t know. Like a sports team, or something. Everyone working together towards the same goal. And most of the Betas go home at night.” “Most of them?” Emma asks, raising her eyebrow. “We always had guards at mom and