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He wasn’t too surprised when he spotted Sebastian and Mathew sneak in around the little distracted crowd and lift the platter of cupcakes and naled their brother and sister with a soft whistle as they e platter of cupcakes

"Your children truly frighten ht the little sneaks’ attention with a lohistle The boys paused a few feet away from the pool fence and freedo look, probably trying to figure what the odds of escaping with all their ill gotten cupcakes were Between hihten me as well," Trevor ad brilliant, devious, and entertaining as hell

He took another sip of his beer as he watched his children walk towards thelances over their shoulders every few feet to see if Jared or any of their cousins had realized they’d been duped They hadn’t

Jason sighed heavily as he grabbed an ice cold root beer and walked over to his grandmother-in-law just as the feisty old woman tried to steal an abandoned beer off the table Without a word he grabbed the beer out of the wo a tiny little glare that Trevor wasn’t buying for one minute Everyone knew the old woman had a soft spot for Jason

He watched as his four children stopped less than five feet away froe platter of cupcakes between them

"You can have one each," Sebastian said firmly as the children eyed them

Trevor and Jason shared a look and snorted out a laugh before they looked back at the children

"We get eighty percent of the haul," Jason informed the her arlare up at her favorite Uncle When that failed she let her bottom lip and chin tremble as her eyes filled up with unshed tears

Jason rolled his eyes "How many tilare, go with a hurt look and never try it on another Bradford when food is involved," he explained patiently

Just as quickly as they caot"

"It’s okay You’ll learn," Trevor said, knowing she would probably have itfor thehty percent"

Johnnie and Sebastian frowned "But that’s twenty cupcakes, leaving us with five cupcakes," Sebastian pointed out

"And there’s four of us," Johnnie added "That’s not fair How about a forty-sixty split? That will give you five a piece and fifteen for us"