Chapter 308

After Dylan helped Brandon settle down, everyone quietly finished breakfast together. Then he made arrangements for Susan to take Brandon to kindergarten. The whole bone marrow thing still needed another plan—keeping Brandon at home was too risky, especially if he ran off again and somehow Chloe found out. By the time Dylan was all dressed, tie straight, and briefcase in hand, Serena was still slumped at the table, frowning. She looked totally out of it. Part of it was all the stress about Brody—the odds of finding a bone marrow match weren’t great, after all. And then, there was the whole mess from last night. She’d barged into Matthew’s place half-drunk, completely lost control, even shoved him against the wall… Just thinking about it made her skin crawl with awkwardness. And now she had to go sit down with him to discuss board share issues? Kill her now. “We should get going,” Dylan gently patted her shoulder, voice low. Serena gave a weak, awkward “mm-hmm,” but her body said otherw