"Come here, dear." Lifting one long, slender arm, she held out her hand. "It's getting a bit too warm out here for me. Help me inside, please." "I thought you wanted to stay out here and write your thank-you notes," Anne Marie said. "I'll come back outside later this afternoon, when it's cooler." Claudia's gaze jumped quickly from Bethanyto Morgan and then to Anne Marie. "Oo-oh. Yes, ma'am. Good idea. We'll go inside." Anne Marie glanced fromBethanyto Morgan. "You two work out all the details about Morgan taking the job." She gave her mother a hug, then turned to Morgan. "It's going to be so great having you live with us. Just think, you'll actually have to stay in our house. We've never had a man live with us before. Heck, we've never even had a man stay overnight, except for Seth. And he doesn't count." Morgan's lips twitched, almost forming a smile. "And why doesn't this Seth count?" "Because he's Mama's business partner, and he's old enough to be my grandfather and—" "And you've said quite enough young lady,"Bethanytold her daughter.
