“I’m surprised she never demanded you give it back when you moved out.”
Sadie shrugged. “Maybe she hoped I’d move back in with her. Let’s get out of here. The baby may still be the size of a ping-pong ball right now, but it’s sure making me go to the bathroom a lot.”
“I can’t wait until you can tell the sex and then we can go shopping for clothes. That would be so much fun.”
“You know I don’t want to find out the sex of the baby until it’s born.”
“Where’s the fun in that?”
“The fun is the anticipation. Anyway, you, Rose and Daisy are already going overboard with this baby thing. Did you know Daisy has already started a college fund for it and Rose keeps sending couture baby items from Paris? I think you guys are more excited about the baby than I am.”
“You’re not excited?”
“Of course I am, it just with the Rhys situation….”
Lily patted her on the arm. “We won’t mention the R word for the rest of the weekend. We’ll deal with him after you see Cruella. Speaking of the old battle ax, I suppose we should go in.”
After ringing the doorbell a couple times with no response, Sadie produced her key. She went in ahead of her sister.
Lily shivered. “This place gives me goosebumps. I promised myself I’d never set foot in this place again.”
Sadie turned to her sister with concern. “Are you sure you’re okay with coming in here? We could go back to the hotel and I’ll drive back here myself.”
Lily shook her head. “No. We’ve come this far. There’s no backing down now.”
As they walked into the house, Sadie saw her mom come down the stairs in a robe, her hair disheveled. She wore a smug grin on her face. “Well if it isn’t Chrysanthemum and the prodigal daughter. What brings you two here?”
Sadie barely managed not to roll her eyes. “You knew we were coming. What were you doing upstairs?”
Just then, more movement from the stairs caught Sadie’s eye. Coming down the stairs was Terrell. His shirt was askew and he was adjusting his pants.