Chapter 156 Getting Ready

• When Roxanne’s car rounded the familiar curve of the long, winding drive leading to the Delano mansion, Xander was barely able to contain his excitement. He whooped and shouted, clapping his plump little hands and looking to Roxanne for confirmation. He needed to reassure himself that his beloved Mom was happy too. Roxanne pulled him into her arms, inhaling the fragrance of his baby lotion and powder, all of which the nurse had lathered him in.
• She shifted and looked ahead. Van Dyke had had no option but to respond to the Mafia don’s summons, of course. It was an honour, as Fahad Khan had told her, to be counted in the inner circle of Lucien Delano’s trusted associates. Besides, as Van Dyke explained gently her, as he held her in his arms, as they lay in bed,
• “I have an axe to grind with that Rudenko woman, too. And she’s been elusive as f*ck, here in the USA. She’s holed up somewhere in Eastern Europe.” Roxanne had clung to him, her arms wrapped around his broad chest, hiding her face in his chest, trying not to cry.