Chapter 78

“Sophie?” Sylvana’s voice startles me as I get to my pathway. Walking back from dumping my idiot brother on his couch to pass out as she appears with Mia in tow, looking cute in a fluffy unicorn Onesie with sneakers. Having a girl’s day with her grandmamma. Mia is going through a phase of living in Onesies, and rather than try and talk her into day clothes, Jake bought her about fifty themed Onesies, so she never has to wear the same one twice. Emma seems to have let it go, and I wonder if all kids are weirdly cute like theirs are.

Little geeks.

“Hey.” I give them both a hug, one after the other, and get a huge kiss from Mia on the cheek that absolutely melts my heart. The older she gets, the more she looks like Emma, yet there is something of the Carrero in that beautiful little face too. Her personality, however, is all Jake.

“Did you get fat?” Mia asks rather innocently and prods me in the stomach in a really unamusing way.

Sylvana giggles at her grandchil