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CHAPTER ONE

DR GRANT SMYTHE glanced at the bassinet His father and steprave only a day and the nanny had quit Just walked out What else could go wrong?

No doubt his father was rolling over in his grave at the idea that Grant had been awarded custody of his baby half-sister He was pretty sure his father had had no intention of ever telling the child she had siblings

Grant paced the oak planks in the foyer of what had been his father’s home

Where is the new nanny? When is that wo to show up?

He checked the ti on him in the OR The liver he was to transplant wouldn’t be viable er

The baby whimpered Grant shoved his hair off his forehead This was just onehim feel inadequate One final sick joke

The whine grew to a cry Where was? What is her na

The baby released a deep-chested, high-pitched screa to do with babies since med school Even then it had only been for a short time

Baby He was so bitter he couldn’t even call the small bundle by her na up toout lifelong issues with his father on an innocent babe “Lily,” he whispered

Her mouth closed and she studied Grant

Amazement filled him The child was beautiful She resembled Evelyn so much Her mother The same wohter At least that was until he had introduced Evelyn to his father Those were dark thoughts Grant didn’t have time for

The ring of his phone drew his attention Surely that was the nanny saying she was on her way Answering, he recognized the voice of Leon, his best friend and lawyer When Grant had taken responsibility for Lily he’d contacted Leon to watch after his and the child’s interests

Without any preamble Leon said, “Well, it looks like Evelyn’s family means business”

“I had no idea she even had an aunt and uncle She never said anything about them”