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.

you're requested,"

Rhea said as she kissed him

the best, Uncle Dez," Andy

backed away and ran for the house, passing Fallon on the way

twisted his lips and rolled his eyes as he and Dez walked

you. I

laughed. "Yeah," he said, "some of us almost have to die

eyes and said, "I fell before you almost died so

their light-hearted mention of the incident. Some folk can't move on from trauma but

Cord said as he took a cola from the cooler beside him. "Seems we have a

watched as Cord also took a few cubes of ice and handed them to Onyx, who lay at his feet. Onyx was a beast of a dog, and if she wasn't so well trained he would have

frowning, "I thought you

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

fly out to Arizona to drop the girls off at Jacob's folks for summer

love connection with Fallon and her? I hear she's

have three seasons in

shit ain't even gonna happen," Fallon said

Fallon. The fact that he told his family about Summer in the first place was odd. When

man doth protest too much,

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