A Taste of Spring

Chapter 35

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.

requested," he

Dez," Rhea said as she kissed him on the

Uncle Dez," Andy sang,

ran for the house, passing Fallon on the way in. As Fallon approached, he

he and Dez walked to the patio table. "What did you buy

not like you. I have to

of us almost have to die for

"I fell before you almost

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

now, Dez," Cord said as he took a cola from the

was a beast of a dog, and if

"I thought you

he understood that Spring had a life before him. "I hope you can

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

connection with Fallon

we'd have three seasons in

happen," Fallon said as he opened a

about Summer in the first place was odd. When Fallon noticed Dez watching him, Fallon gave him his middle finger and a grin.

man doth protest too much, me

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