“You’re sure Gable passed on the message?” Rob asked.

“Gable believes whatever anybody tells him over the phone,” she said.

“We’ve got to get the rest of your leather bags in my trunk before two,” Rob said.

“I’m not leaving my new coat behind,” Vanessa said.

“I paid for it with his shop money, and it’s coming with me.”

“Rob doesn’t have seven children,” she added, her voice falling into a hard, flat tone.

“Daniel can raise them by himself.”