C43 Chapter Forty Three

Well, that was fast. Marie thought as William King’s velvety voice wafted to the room Steven and Marie were. Steven, who looked more stunned than excited, tried to get up and run to meet his father when Marie remembered that she hadn't had the time to warn him.

Desperate to warn him before he saw William, she did the only logical (or not) thing she could think of.

Pushing him back to the sofa