Cord pushed his large frame out of the patio chair and met Dez halfway. They did the universal male embrace/clap on the back hug.

"I hope so. I need more testosterone in my home, man. With Winter, Andy, Rhea, Val, and Onyx...I'm feeling like I'm trespassing."

"Where is Val? She didn't fly in with you guys?"

"Uncle Dez!"

"Dez!"

Dez looked out over the yard, finding the girls in the pool. The two of them climbed out and came running toward him, dripping wet but with huge smiles. He hadn't seen the girls in person for almost six months.

Rhea got to him first, hugging his right side. Andy wrapped her arms around his left.

"Girls," Winter said as she passed holding salad dressing in her arms. "You're getting Dez all wet. Go. Get dried off so you can eat."

Andy pouted but looked up at him. She crooked her finger at him so Dez bent low to the girl's eye level. "Did you bring them?" Andy asked.

"I did," Dez said.

"The colors?" Rhea whispered.

ones you're requested," he said with

Uncle Dez," Rhea said as

the best, Uncle Dez," Andy sang, kissing his

girls backed away and ran for the house, passing Fallon on the way in. As

and rolled his eyes as he and Dez walked to the patio

like you. I have to work

"Yeah," he said, "some of

said, "I fell before you

of the incident. Some folk can't

you have a woman now, Dez," Cord said as he took a cola from the cooler beside

to Onyx, who lay at his feet. Onyx was a beast of a dog, and if

Winter said, frowning, "I thought you

"She and her sister had other plans." Dez was a bit disappointed but he understood that Spring had

for a couple more days before we fly out to Arizona to drop the girls off at

on with this sister? Do you see a love connection with Fallon and her? I hear

Cord said. "Then we'd have

gonna happen," Fallon said as he opened a

fact that he told his family about Summer in the first place was odd. When Fallon noticed Dez watching him, Fallon

doth protest too much,

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