Chapter 23: An Outrageous Demand

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Ryder Walton flushed, his neck reddening all the way to his collar. Nancy's heart jolted. Shame prickled across her skin-and to her horror, a faint spark of anticipation crept in alongside it. Anne's face stayed stony. "Your father died young. Your uncle's son already has two kids. Your younger cousin, Mario Walton, is still in school. You're the only one in the Walton family who hasn't given us a child. If you don't give me a grandson, when I die in ten years,...