Chapter 301 Again 1 Old Friends Home

Ella

The morning of the moon ceremony finds me, unsurprisingly, in the kitchen. Eating. Rafe is with me this time, giggling happily as I dance happily around the room with him, singing about how delicious carrots are as I pour some baby carrots out from their bag onto a plate and begin to munch on them.

I’m just getting to the part of the song which I’m making up as I go along about how they’re good for your vision and help you make friends with rabbits when I hear an odd, familiar sound out in the hall.

I gasp, spinning towards the door as the mechanical hum grows louder, and I’m nearly run over when Henry wheels into the room.

“Henry!” I gasp, tears instantly lining. my eyes, stumbling in my hurry to hug him close, almost falling into his lap.

“Steady, girl!” Henry laughs, putting out his hands to catch me and help me find my feet, laughing a little. He beams up at me and I’m laughing too, shaking my head at myself as I lean down to give him a proper hug and then a kiss on both cheeks.

“We missed you so much!” I gush, my heart in my throat as I pull away. “I’m so glad you’re home – and in time! A miracle!”

“Certainly took some doing,” he says, raising his eyebrows at me. “I rode in a cargo plane to get here – this little man had better impress.” He shifts his gaze, then, to the baby in my arms.

standing up straight and remembering my manners. “Henry, may I please have

lean down to place Rafe in his grandfather’s arms for the first time, trying hard no to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the moment. “This is Rafe Henry Sinclair,”

I’m overwhelmed by the moment, part of me reflects that I’m glad Henry met Rafe while the baby is in a good mood.

towards the door, smiling when I see

still held in the other. Sinclair bends down low to give his father a long, warm hug and I bite my lip to see it. Sinclair never admitted it, but he worried about his father, and missed him. He’s glad, I know,

all buzz around each other, trying to do nice things for each other and make sure everyone’s comfortable.

go into the living room, take

later I follow them carrying a silver tray heaped with coffee

looking down at his grandchild when I enter

I say casually, putting the tray down on the coffee table and sitting close next to Sinclair.

“I mean if it’s all the same to you, I’ll hold him a little longer.” I nod eagerly, touched deeply to see the

mate. “You, too, were a little bowling ball when you were born. With the same shock of black

that Sinclair wouldn’t know. Do you have pictures?” I ask, curious. Henry nods eagerly and promises to show them to

He also catches us up on the lives of our friends who we unfortunately had to left behind, and

“Really?” I gasp, excited.

“Only until we knew for sure,” Sinclair says, smiling at me. “I didn’t

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