#olivia 002

In a way, Rafe’s buzzing around Olivia was mostly encouraged by the fact that Mei and James had seemed to enjoy themselves in Italy, and that sparked a deep loathing in him. James had instructed Rafe to leave his sister alone under no uncertain terms, so, naturally, Rafe was drawn to her like a moth to a flame. She clearly knew nothing about him, or held little regard for her brother. Rafe liked to assume it was the former, mostly because he knew, from conversations, that at least Mei was close to her sister-in-law. Which should have given him some pause before he stacked the paper cups filled with hot chocolate on top of one another so he could free a hand to knock, but it didn’t. “Hurry up before this stuff is lukewarm!” He called out, knowing that he hadn’t actually purchased the drinks until Olivia had said yes.

@livrhodes​

“Here we are, darling girl.” Once it had become abundantly clear that Sarai was ill-equipped to have her own children - or even a relationship that lasted longer than a year or two before collapsing - she had determined to be a good auntie to the various children in the Nantes house. Olivia’s request for Sarai to take Josie to the library for a little while had been one she fulfilled eagerly, and found she was a little disappointed to be returning to Olivia’s home. But she knocked briskly, turning to smile down at Josie before Olivia opened the door. “We have returned, with quite the selection of books. I think Josie was quite happy, weren’t you?”