He lowered his voice, even though he highly doubted anyone inside could hear them. “Where’s your dad?”
“At work.”
“Where does he work?”
She seemed to have difficulty with this one. “Far away.”
Isaac swallowed the last of the cookie. “What’s your daddy’s name?”
“Keith, silly.” She added a giggle for his ignorance. “You know that.”
“Right, Keith.” Considering the fact that she’d just told him Reenie had received Bailey two centuries ago, he wasn’t sure how reliable her answers were. But she was the only one of Reenie’s children who wasn’t old enough to consider his questions in a critical light. “Is he your only daddy?”
She wrinkled her nose. “What?”
“Have there been any other…grown men in your mother’s life?”
“My Uncle Gabe comes to visit. He can’t walk.”
“That’s too bad.”
“If I tease him about it, he dangles me upside down.” Another smile.
“Are you sure it’s nice to tease him?”
“He doesn’t mind. He likes it.”
“Really. That’s difficult to imagine. But I’m not talking about Uncle Gabe.”
Her expression reflected her confusion.
He checked the house and saw Jennifer peering out at him but continued to question Isabella. “Don’t some of the kids at school have a dad and a stepdad?”
“My friend Glenda does. But I don’t. Duh.” She rolled her eyes and laughed again. “Don’t you know anything?”
He pinched his lip. “I admit that I’m a little puzzled.”
“About what?”
The whole situation. His brother-in-law seemed to have built two complete families. Two families that existed in different parts of the country. And, from what Isaac could tell, they were completely unaware of each other. How had Keith managed to get away with it for so long?
A bang drew Isaac’s attention to the house. Isabella’s older sister had thrown the door open. “Isabella, it’s your turn to put the silverware on the table!”
The little girl sighed dramatically. “I’m coming,” she said, and started back up the driveway.
Isaac watched her go. He wasn’t sure what he was going to do about the mess Keith had created. He didn’t want anyone to be hurt. Not the attractive woman he’d just met. Not her sweet little girls. And certainly not his sister and her children.
In two hours, he’d be having dinner with Keith’s other wife, the mother of his other family. At some point, Isaac would have to tell her—and Elizabeth, too.
God, what was he going to say?
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