“Would you mind looking after Jess this evening?” Lydia asked. “I have an appointment with the doctor and Marcus has to take me.”

I let out a sigh of relief and laughed. Luke’s posture relaxed significantly as well.

“Why did you have to make it sound like it was a life-or-death situation?” Luke asked her exasperatedly.

“Well, I didn’t know if you guys were busy or not,” Lydia asked, her cheeks flushing from ...