Chapter 27
“Yes, Ma’am,” he said. “Through a couple of lawyer friends of ours in Boston, Philip and I have each hired surrogate mothers on three separate occasions.”
“Then you must certainly have your hands full,” she said.
“Having a cook and a full-time nanny helps,” he said, “but Philip and I are on duty when the Nanny has a night off.”
“It’s a really big house,” Philip said, “and we’ve only filled it once. That was when all of my siblings and most of their children came up from Louisiana at the same time.”
“George,” Charles said, “do you remember me telling you about our friend Lydia?”
“The child psychologist?” I said.
“Yes,” he said. “With your permission, I’d like to have her on hand the Saturday of the Peachtree event. We can sort of leave Robbie in her care, which will give her an opportunity to make an assessment of his needs and possibly some recommendations.”
“Sound good,” I said. “Maybe she can refer us to someone in Jacksonville.”