Why would Kit do that? Why would she push them to sell? It made no sense to Blaize. “I don’t care what she said. Kit loves this place. Leaving here would be like losing her husband all over again.”
“Did she tell you to sell?”
“Yes.”
“Why don’t you take her word for it?” Raiden asked. It was a reasonable question, and he didn’t have a great answer.
“Can you honestly say that you believe her?”
“She was pretty convincing on the phone,” he said. “I’m here to talk to you in person like we should have done when you first got Lynn’s diagnosis. And I want to be able to look Kit in the eye when she argues her case.”
There was more than a hint of doubt in Raiden’s tone. Blaize could work with that. If his brother’s mind was already made up, there would be no use discussing the subject further. One trait all three brothers inherited was a stubborn streak a mile long and stronger than a bull’s.
“Why don’t you come inside and have a cup of coffee,” Blaize said. His plans to head to Austin tonight just tanked.
KIT WALKED INTOthe kitchen and straight to the window. “Raiden is here. Good.”
Carys wasn’t so sure she liked the tone of Kit’s voice. “Everything all right?”
“It is now,” the older woman said, confusing her further.
Since she would find out what that meant soon enough, she rinsed out her coffee cup and set it in the sink.
Blaize followed his brother inside. The family resemblance showed in height and build. Raiden would be considered hot by most standards. His hair was a little longer, with wispy curls at the ends. In her opinion, Blaize was the best looking. No contest.
“I’m Raiden,” he said to her after greeting Kit and giving his grandmother a warm hug. So far, the Wilde men were the most grounded she’d met in Maverick Pass. They were the hottest, too, but that was a different story.
“Carys,” she said. “It’s nice to meet you.”
“My brother said you work for CPS,” Raiden said.
“That’s right.”
“And that you brought a baby here believing she belonged to Blaize,” he said.
She nodded. “Sure did.”
“I’m sure you two will get to the bottom of it,” he said.
“Thanks. I hope so.” She glanced at Blaize. “Are we still good to head to Austin soon?”
“Now that my brother is here, I should probably not—”
“Go ahead,” Kit insisted. “We’ll be just fine.”
“I don’t know,” Blaize said. Eyebrows drawn together combined with the worry line etched in his forehead told Carys he was seriously contemplating their next move.
“Is the kid here now?” Raiden glanced around the room.
“She’s sleeping,” Kit said.
“How hard can it be to watch over a little thing that sleeps most of the time?” he asked.
Carys laughed at the same time Blaize did, and equally hard.
“What?” Raiden asked.
“You have no idea until you know,” Blaize said.
