CHAPTER 10 Those Plump Lips

  Hazel certainly did not hear Flynn's curse, and she grinned as she bantered with Lucy. They were very close.

  "Has Grandma's driver come to pick me up, Papa?" Lucy asked after finishing her plate.

  Flynn glanced at his watch and then shook his head. "I don't know why he's late. It's not usual, is it?"

  "Are you leaving?" Hazel asked, a bit disappointed. 'Does that mean I'll be left here alone? I hope not ....'

  "I'm going to Grandma's house in Texas. Do you want to come along?" Lucy wanted to invite Hazel to join, even asking her father for approval, but the man shook his head firmly.

  "Hazel still has something to finish here, right, Hazel?" Flynn seemed to be playing a guessing game with her, hoping Hazel understood his words. Her job as Lucy's babysitter wasn't needed when the little girl was at her Grandma's house.