She seriously doubted that it wasn't the babies growing, but purely the result of eating.
Ruth hardly left her side every day, and on the night she arrived at the Vanderbilt Estate, she even clutched a pillow and lay on Arabella's bed, sleeping with her.
She really didn't know what to say.
Of course, she didn't mind sharing her bed; she just wasn't used to suddenly being treated as a priority, being cared for so wholeheartedly.
It wasn't that her mother wasn't good; her mother had her own way of loving her and, by nature, wasn't someone who expressed love so openly.
But any emotion from Ruth was always abundantly clear.
Passionate and uninhibited.
No matter how you looked at it, a woman like her seemed sometimes mismatched, sometimes perfectly paired with that cold father-in-law of hers.
A person who is cool and indifferent might most need someone else's fiery passion.
But recently, Arabella found her mother-in-law's enthusiasm a bit overwhelming.
