God have mercy! What had he done to deserve this? Did that mean Nate was going to stay until he could settle? As if the house wasn't already in a state of permanent chaos. The last thing he needed was his brother, of all people, for an audience.

He bit his tongue and stared ahead. "That's quite a change. There was a time you couldn't move away soon enough," he finally commented, hoping to instill some of that old spirit in his brother. It had suited them both quite nicely.