My Colonel Ex-Husband Invited Me to Christmas, Unaware I Was Bringing His Four Children

I learned not to answer the last question for Margaret.

“You can ask her,” I said.

“And then you can watch how she treats you.”

When Margaret came for another visit, Olivia did exactly that.

They were decorating cookies in the kitchen when she looked up and said, “Did you love me before Christmas?”

Margaret put down the icing bag.

“I didn’t know you existed,” she said.

“I wish I had.