Briar awoke on her own sofa at home to find Bronya hovering over her with a penlight being shone into her eyes. Liev was pacing furiously behind her.
“You are still sick, child.” Bronya glared at her angrily. “You should not have left the apartment.”
“Went to my friends to get help because a giant jerk made my daughter cry and I couldn’t take care of her on my own,” she shot her own angry glare at Liev. She felt a painful throbbing on her forehead. She reached to touch it and her hand was slapped away by Bronya.
“Do not touch. I had to put a stitch in. Supposedly you bounced it off a wooden table.” She shot Liev an angry glare.
“Great. Hadlee is going to be even more smothering.”
“We would have helped take care of you both while Liev was gone,” Bronya glowered at her.
“You weren’t h
