Emma’s POV:
My eyes widen. “The whole family?”
“Yes,” Mara says dully. “That’s what I just said. Now, if you’ll excuse me—”
“Why, hello there.” Theo– just returning from a hospital shift, judging by his scrubs and the backpack slung over his shoulder– comes up behind Mara, his eyes glued to the back of her head and a big smirk on his face. “Fancy seeing you here.”
Mara closes her eyes briefly and releases a nearly inaudible sigh.
Theo walks over to me and kisses my cheek in greeting, glancing over his shoulder to call “good morning, bud!” to Miles.
But when he turns back to face Mara, his smirk is positively devilish. “You just couldn’t stay away, could you?”
Mara gives him a flat look and says nothing. Poor girl looks done. I guess I would be too if I had to get up early and sp
