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KNOX
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“Where is your husband?” I ask Bella, angered to see her looking so upset.
“Blake took Jamie home. She woke from her nap, and I wanted to stay,” Bella says, wiping her eye.
Jesus has she been crying?
I take her arm and lead her out of the room.
“What’s wrong?”
“I was talking to Leilani on the phone, and she thinks Dad might be sick and not telling us.”
Jesus.
“He said he wasn’t,” I state.
Bella shrugs. “I know. But...you know she lost her mom and so she said we should check to make sure he isn’t hiding anything. It is quite sudden, Knox.”
Fuck.
Leilani is Jacob’s wife, and her mom had died when the two met. She’d already lost her father as a teen, so this is a hot topic for her. One she would be very sensitive about.
I get why the two of them would have talked about this.
But damn, I wish one of their husbands had been present to shut this down.
Seeing my sister so upset always triggers me.
“It’s just her point of view, Bells,” I say, rubbing her arm again. “Why don’t you go see Dad tomorrow? Take Jamie and have a quiet lunch with him. He seems in good health to me.”
He was spinning Payton around the fucking dance floor just fine last weekend.
“God. You’re right. I thought you might know something and be protecting me as you always do.” She sniffs.
I laugh and bring her close, hugging her. “And I always will. But I won’t lie to you.”
“You would if Dad told you to keep it from us,” Bella argues.
I release her and glance down.
She might be right.
In fact, I can guarantee I would. If Dad was dying and asked me to keep it quiet from the rest of the family, I would be furious as hell and encourage him to tell them, but I wouldn’t break his trust.
It would be a very difficult position to be put in.
“Maybe, but he hasn’t,” I say sincerely and wipe a tear from her cheek. “Let me get one of the cars to take you home.”
“God, maybe I’m pregnant. I shouldn’t have lost my mind like that,” she says, and I lift my brows.
“Are you?”
She shrugs.
“Go home to Blake.” I shake my head at her. “Go see Dad. Little brother’s orders.”
