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

Uncle Dez," Andy sang, kissing his other

passing Fallon on the way in. As

eyes as he and Dez walked to the patio table. "What did you buy them this

"Hey, I'm not like you. I have to work

"some of us

"I fell before you

of the incident. Some folk can't move on from

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

Onyx, who lay at his feet. Onyx was

"I thought you were

bit disappointed but he understood that

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

sister? Do you see a love connection with Fallon and

Cord said. "Then we'd have three

happen," Fallon said as he opened a beer.

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

doth protest too much, me

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