She went to the small fire pit outside her door to build up enough of a flame to get a pot of coffee perking. She strolled down to the well with the baby on her hip to fill her bucket with water. To her surprise, when she returned she saw Jason approaching once again. He looked much calmer than he had when he approached the night before. She knew she should be nervous, with him approaching her while she was alone with the baby, but she felt no fear. In truth, she was relieved that he had returned. A part of her had been afraid that she would never see him again until he came with the others to dethrone Dylan. She quickly deposited the water and the baby inside and went to meet him. “What are you doing here?” she asked in place of a greeting. “Dylan asked for help to get the whole place back in shape,” he said, gesturing to the temporary patches on the walls of the nursery and the damaged doorframe of Grace’s cottage.
