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Evan let hisas she said, "You were our little prankster Re in my apron pocket?"

"That was because you made us all watch The Sound of Music" He looked around the coffee table, grinning as he said, "Seriously Five teenage boys watching Maria flirt with Captain von Trapp?"

"So you’re saying Evan was incorrigible?" Kelsey asked

Susan nodded happily "Totally"

He looked at Paige "You’ve known me all these years You could defend rin, "I’d rather Susan and Bob tell us more stories about their little prankster"

It turned out there was no end to the mischief Evan had caused

There was the tioldfish in the toilet while he cleaned the fishbowl "Hoas I supposed to know Matt wasn’t going to look down?"

And the tiood with his hands No one told me I was supposed to tape first"

"And what about when you put the ha a picture for me?" Susan’s smile was fond with the memory

"The walls were like tissue paper," Evan protested "The hah"

"And you didn’t know your own strength," Bob added

"Exactly But how did you two know about that? Daniel helped hed "Lyssa"

"That little tattletale," Evan gruest Spencer All the Mavericks had a soft spot for her

Paige wondered if those s out like a norrown up with a father ouldn’t let the slightest transgression pass, even if it was an accident If so, Susan and Bob had taken it all in stride They told the vignettes with a sh, and, from Susan, someti up the points on their Yahtzee scorecards

"I’lad Evan had such a wonderful family to live with" Theresa clutched the cup to her chest before she shook out the dice

Susan’s eyes softened with elad to have you and Tony and Kelsey with us now too"

Susan had h love to share She would never be jealous of Theresa’s sudden return

As for Evan, he didn’t seee wanted to believe he was enjoying this But what did he truly feel?