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He gave me a sly smile, "The best way ever"

I rolled out of bed, "Fine, keep your secrets What tirin, "You are going to get it, Evie, and I guarantee you’re going to like it"

I grabbed my sweater and jeans and walked to the bathroohed, "It’s better than nope I’ll take we’ll see"

We all stood at the front porch an hour later His father hugged , "Stay safe, Evie"

I nodded, "Thank you, sir"

Rachel caught what I’d said She looked a bit stunned by ed uys are hoave her a funny look, "Thanks"

Coop rolled his eyes, "You all know I’ll call on the next birthday"

His ave ed, "When we can"

Suzanne hated that I answered, I could see it on her face She hugged hed I ed to keep it under check and nodded, "Of course"

Coop snorted, "That is her ed hiood care of your ed hilow Coop gave hih I don’t want to get confused and think you’re talking to my dad"

Mitch shook his head, "I like John better I always thought Coop was a weird naain, "Out of the ain Coop ruffled his hair, "Okay, we have to go" He gave his dad a look, "Thanks for letting us stay"

His dad winked, "Have a safe trip"

We walked out to the SUV we had rented and drove into Anchorage He parked the SUV and looked back at the kids, "Who is ready for three days of fun?"

I scowled, "What?"

He winked atto Vancouver, in Canada, by cruise ship So we’ll have to stay on a huge boat with heated pools, saunas, arcades, kids club, and all the restaurants you could i to be very hard to decide if this is the thing ant I mean, I know it’s a sacrifice toa few So you’ll have to decide if you want to do this or the drive to Vancouver? Either way, it’s three days"

Mitch gavea million questions I watched her attack Coop and nodded at Mitch, "Sound like fun?"

He beamed and nodded

I didn’t kno he had done it, but I followed him to the massive cruise ship and boarded with hi tickets Apparently, we had been on the cruise the entire tie

I watched hih and joke, and felt a sinking feeling inus in

That scared ot on board, I was stunned at howNot that it was a surprise He was always doing it

Our room was a suite So the kids had their own room but no door out into the hallway That e were the bags we had in our room Packed suitcases with swia pants He held up a pair as he opened the bags, "I didn’t forget your favorite"

I looked at the Lululemon pants and senius This was all handled days ago"

I shook ed, "I work for this agency who has connections and they do things for their people so that our , unless your mission is in the desert so dust"

I foldedso his ar my chin upwards, "Are you over hi in ain He stepped back, "Let ht the look on my face It was obvious I wanted to say I was over him, but I wasn’t I couldn’t lie to Coop Servario had broken my heart, even if it was just a little and ed the subject quickly, "You knohat Vancouver has?" I shook my head He cocked an eyebrow, "Lululemon outlet stores"

"Really?"

He nodded, "Yeah Rachel wears that crap too She told ets her pants there at the outlet, it’s way cheaper"