Love and Honor: The Coltrane Saga, Book 7 Read Online Free PDF

bristled. “That doesn’t mean we want to eat bull testicles, Jade, for heaven’s sake. I don’t think I’ll go.’’
    Jade murmured under her breath that Colt had to do something about his mother’s interference. As she stomped up the stairs, she called back that Kitty could do as she pleased, but the children were going.
    “ Children , she calls us.” Kit shook her head and sighed. “That’s all we’ll ever be to her.”
    Kitty gave her an encouraging hug. “Don’t worry. One day you’ll grow up and leave the nest, and then your mother will have to acknowledge that you do, indeed, have wings, my dear.”
    “She’s going to realize that sooner than she thinks,” Kit mumbled, heading doggedly up the stairs.
    Baffled, Kitty asked Marilee what Kit meant. Since Kit had not sworn her to secrecy, Marilee obligingly told her grandmother about her cousin’s plans.
    As Marilee spoke, a slow grin spread over Kitty’s face. Kit’s scheme sounded exactly like something she would have done in her day. And, she thought wickedly, she was going to lend a hand!

Chapter Three
    “Kit, wake up, darling.”
    Kit blinked against the sudden flood of light as her grandmother opened the drapes. She sat up and sleepily rubbed her eyes. It had been late when they got home last night, nearly two a.m., but not because she had wanted it that way. She had been bored silly, especially when the Yuberos’ son, Esteban, had had a few too many glasses of sangria and had reached under the table to give her thigh a suggestive squeeze. Twice she had brushed him away, giving him icy glares. The third time she gave his hand a sharp little prick with her fork. He kept his hands to himself after that, but continued to fawn over her and make a nuisance of himself.
    “It’s nearly ten,” Kitty told her. “Marilee is dressed and waiting for us downstairs, but your mother is still asleep, and we need to be on our way before she wakes up.”
    Kit was bewildered. “Where are we going?”
    “Why, shopping, of course, to buy your gown for tonight.”
    Kit’s eyes narrowed suspiciously. “Who told you I was going shopping for a new gown?”
    “Marilee. She didn’t think it was a secret.”
    “Did she also tell you—”
    “About your scheme to make your mother stop nagging you to be a ‘femme fatale’?” Kitty interrupted with delight. “She did, and I think it’s a fine idea. I want to be a part of it.”
    “Oh, Grandma…” Kit scrambled from the bed and ran to give her a big hug. “I should’ve known you’d be on my side.”
    “Of course. Did you think I wouldn’t be? And,” she scolded, “I’ve told you and Travis and Marilee a million times—don’t call me Grandma. Call me Kitty. Grandma makes me feel old, and I don’t like that.”
    “But Mother says it isn’t proper.”
    “Your mother and I disagree on a lot of things, but don’t misunderstand,” Kitty was quick to add, “I love her like a daughter. We just have different views on life sometimes and, unfortunately, I’ve never been the kind to keep my opinions to myself.”
    “But what about Daddy?” Kit asked worriedly.
    “Do you think he’ll be mad?”
    “Because his daughter is the belle of the ball?” Kitty asked incredulously, laughing. “He’s going to be furious. So furious, in fact, that he’ll make your mother see that she’s wrong to nag at you as she does. It’s fine to expect respect and obedience from your children, but it’s very wrong to demand that they think as you do. This is just your way of letting them know that.”
    “She wants us to leave Spain, you know,” Kit told her sadly, “and go back to New York to live.”
    “I’m not surprised. She’s been wanting to go back for some time now. There are lots of things happening there, things she’d like to be involved in. But that’s no reason to drag you away from the life you’ve come to know and love. After all, you’re nearly eighteen years old. When I was your age, I