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"Yeah I guess it was kind of a surprise, but they’re both really happy about it"

"A That’s great When’s the baby due?"

He shrugged "Uhh, no idea I knowhockey season, so Tyler will probably ames"

She rolled her eyes "Well, that’s not at all specific since hockey season runs from October until next April"

"Hey, you can text ht just do that" She’d never met Jenna or Tyler, but from conversations she’d had with Nathan she felt as if she knew the with Nathan’s dad, Mick They onderful people

"How’s Sareat Loves school"

She shook her head "They grow up fast"

He laughed "That’s what my mom said about me"

"She did space you and your little brother out quite a bit"

"Yeah It took her a long tiuy to fall in love with Then she found reat family, Nathan"

"Thanks I think so, too"

Mia smiled and leaned back in her seat She loved the story of how Nathan’s parents h Mick Riley wasn’t Nathan’s biological father, Mick and Tara had met and fallen in love when Nathan was fifteen Nathan’s biological father wasn’t in the picture and had never been, so Mia was happy that Nathan had such a strong father figure in Mick Riley, who had adopted Nathan after Mick and Tara got

There was nothing better than a real-life happily ever after

Nathan adored his little brother She’d e, where she’d alsothe way Nathan doted on Sa brothers had treated her when she was little There was a lot of teasing, but also genuine love and tenderness

It was one of the reasons she had kept Nathan in her life A man asn’t afraid to show that kind of love to both his parents and his brother was a e and Nathan parked out front

"Let’s go get checked in," he said

She was s They went inside to the reception desk

"You still have time to attend the wine hour," the person at the reception desk said "Co with snacks We also have information there about our wine tours"

Nathan smiled and nodded "We’ll be sure to check that out, thanks"

"I do want to attend," Mia said as he grabbed their bags

"Then let’s drop the bags and go"

Their rooht next to each other, so Mia keyed into her roos inside, then reat There were several varieties to choose from, and she was happy to see there were snacks left, because she was hungry She ended up choosing a cabernet and filled her plate with a few hors d’oeuvres Nathan grabbed a glass of wine and then went back and filled two plates

"Hungry?" she asked as she found the"

"We could have stopped soured we’d eat e got here This will do for now"

His phone buzzed so he pulled it out of his pocket and looked at the e "It’s from Jamal They’re on their way He said don’t wait on theet here"

"Okay What would you like to do about dinner?"

"I think there’s a restaurant here Or we could go exploring"

"I’"

"Okay We’ll have our wine and snack, then we’ll drive around and see what’s for dinner"