“Blake, my husband. He said you were living here for the time being.”
He grinned. “It’s the truth.”
Angelica bounced and clapped. “I’m so glad. Duncan said you finally got your head out of your ass.”
Dominic sputtered and then laughed. “Yeah.”
“Why were you so mean at Mama’s?” Faith asked.
“Can we go somewhere besides the foyer to talk?” he asked.
The four girls led him into a sitting room, and Faith closed the door behind them.
“Listen, girls, it was a shock to know Father was gone. Or maybe I should say a nice surprise.”
All four girls nodded.
“At the same time, I found out my mother did want me and that our bastard father lied to me for over twenty years.”
“He lied to all of us,” Hope said.
Dominic nodded. “The biggest surprise was finding out that I had three sisters.”
“Four,” Faith said.
“Four?”
“Yes, Beth is our sister. Mama adopted her,” Angelica said. “The fact we’re all married to brothers makes it even moreso.”
Dominic smiled at the blush on the woman’s face. “Okay, I have four. Hell, I’m so outnumbered it’s almost scary.”
The girls laughed.
“When are you going to see Mama?” Hope asked.
“Soon. I need to figure out this situation with Rebeka.”
“When can we meet her?” Beth asked.
“In a day or so. The situation is really hard for her to handle right now, so I want to give her some time to get used to me.”
“Alastair did that with me,” Beth said.
“Did you resent it?” Dominic asked.
Beth shook her head. “Not after I got to know him. I do think it will help to get to know us. She won’t feel so alone.”
“I thought that. Give me another day, and I’ll see how she’s doing.”
The girls nodded.
“I’m going to check on her. We won’t be down for dinner, but I’ll see you all tomorrow.”
Angelica grabbed his sleeve. “I’m glad we have you.” She hugged him.
The rest of the girls laughed and piled in until he was surrounded. He tried to hug them all until someone cleared their throat by the door. They all turned that way, and he stiffened when he saw Alastair. The man’s piercing eyes were glued to him.
“What’s going on?” Alastair asked.