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

said as she kissed

the best, Uncle Dez," Andy sang, kissing

ran for the house, passing Fallon on

as he and Dez walked to the patio

not like you. I have to work

he said, "some of us almost have to

fell before you almost died so stop

can't move on from trauma but Winter wasn't

he took a cola from

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

Winter said, frowning, "I thought you were bringing her

a bit disappointed but he understood that Spring had a life before him. "I hope you can meet her before you

we fly out to Arizona to drop the girls off at Jacob's folks for summer break." Cord shrugged then said,

a love connection with Fallon and her? I hear she's a beauty too," Winter

Cord said. "Then we'd have three seasons in the

even gonna happen," Fallon said as he opened a beer.

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

man doth protest too much, me

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