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.

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

the first time, trying hard no to be overwhelmed by the beauty of the moment. “This is Rafe Henry Sinclair,” I

head, staring at my son. Though I’m overwhelmed by the

look towards the door, smiling when I

his face. I step back as Henry turns his chair, raising one arm towards his son, the baby 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

the kitchen is filled with happy noise for the next few minutes as we all buzz around each other, trying to do nice things for each other and make sure everyone’s comfortable. I laugh after a minute, raising my hands and

between Henry and Sinclair, ” go into the living room, take the baby, and relax. I’ll bring in coffee in a moment. Then we’ll catch up. All

carrying a silver tray heaped with coffee and food. My stomach rumbles as I look down at it all and I roll my

is wonderful, Ella,” Henry says fondly, looking down at his

easily persuaded of that,” I say casually, putting the tray down on the coffee table and sitting close next to Sinclair. “Would you like me to take

if it’s all the same to you, I’ll hold

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

know. Do you have

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

“Really?” I gasp, excited.

it?” “Only until we knew for sure,” Sinclair says, smiling at me. “I didn’t want you to be disappointed if they

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