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Jessie and Joan headed to the kitchen to get supper ready and Rory followed them

"Rory, dear, you don’t have to help"

"I knoay around the kitchen better than I can sort through talk about cows, ranching and other McKay family members"

"I appreciate the help" Jessie handed her a stack of plates and a basket of silverware froo The placemats are on the sideboard"

Rory had just put the last fork in place when a little person wearing a hels "Ouch"

"Jackson McKay," a feht now"

A muffled, "Sorry," came from inside the helia said "Terrible twos are not a et woozy at night for soaze briefly dropped to Georgia’s belly "When are you due?"

"About four o How are you? I was surprised to hear you were back here, working for…?"

"The Wyo?"

Sucks ass most days wasn’t a proper dinner party response "It’s okay"

"Your h she’s not around aswith Gavin, which I’ine you hear from Sierra a lot more than we do"

"Not as much as I did before she turned twenty-one," Rory said dryly "But we keep in touch"

"She was such a great cheerleader I wish she would’ve cheered on the college level"

"Yeah, well, Sierra is out to hter"

"No doubt Do you remember her BFF Marin?"

Rory nodded "I always liked Marin What’s she up to?"

"After high school Marin got her CNA and kept working at the nursing ho problems with sore spots fro covers for the homes that she couldn’t keep up with the orders Sierra told Marin to quit her job and turn her sideline into a business" Georgia looked over her shoulder then back at Rory "This isn’t coe, but Sierra became Marin’s business partner She fronted themachines, material, supplies and another fulltime employee Within a year Marin had four e and gets orders from all over the world"

See secrets from her "Sierra told you about it?"

"Only because I did soirls"

"Me too Although I’ll admit I didn’t have a clue"

"I suspected you didn’t Sierra’s got a lot going on, most of it on the do But she did ht a few rental properties here and there Probably to prove soul, but I don’t knohy she’d need to She’s definitely a chip off the old block"

It bothered her that Sierra had kept her in the dark about sofor the past few months and wasn’t ia "Is it possible to have step-sibling rivalry at ia laughed "You’re Rielle’s kid I’m pretty sure you’ve never been a slacker a day in your life"

"Supper’s on," Joan trilled

The guys wandered in fro room

Dalton’s hands landed on her shoulders He whispered, "Doin’ all right?"

"Doing great" She turned and kissed his cheek, but the sneaky ross Uncle Dalton We’re just about to eat!"

He smiled at Rory before he looked at his mother "Where do you want us to sit?"

"You? At the kids’ table in the kitchen," Brandt said and ducked when Dalton tried to swat hihta make you sit at the kids’ table, Brandt, since half of the kids are yours," his mother pointed out

Brandt put his hand on Jessie’s stomach and kissed her cheek "Soon to be nant too? Rory had considered ditching the condo these virile McKay males? Now she had half ahis dick--just to be safe

"We’re on the end," Dalton said, leading her to the chairs and pulling one out for her

Jessie and Georgia exchanged an amused look