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Charlie answered hiroaned, and let his head fall back "Couldn’t you have pushed faster?"

Knox dug into his pocket and pulled out tads of cash "Two thousand to--"

I started to refuse Graha, but Charlie and Harlow suddenly hissed, "Two thousand!"

Charlie glared at me "You bet two thousand dollars?"

"I bet a thousand And, technically, it was before we started dating" Her glare deepened "I’ my half back"

"I would’ve taken all of it," Grahaetically

I snatched my half from Knox, and pointed it at Graham "Exactly why I wanted rinned like a bastard and stepped over to Charlie to kiss her head, then did the same to Harlow "Charlie Warrior" He peered over Harlow’s shoulder at onna come back later with your sort-of cousin so you can ain, and said, "She’s gorgeous" With the wadded-up ood on you"

It was ain, it’s looked good on me for about a year and a half now" I slipped ed when Graham’s face fell as he finally realized his mistake "Not my fault you didn’t think to apply the bet to kids already born"

Grahairls shared a look and rolled their eyes before Harloent back to cooing at irl

"So now that she’s here, what’d you na down at the baby

I looked at Charlie, and she sh her exhaustion "It wasn’t

"Charlie Girl, you can’t break the tradition"

"That ument we’d had a hundred times She hadn’t won, obviously

"This is Brianna," she told theinal an, "but I agree with Deacon No way you could’ve broken that tradition She’ll fit in perfectly"

"Dad!"

My srew into an unrestrained s in the doorith Keith I stood to go to theood-byes as he sot here with him and Aly," Grey said quietly "Are you ready for him?"

"Oh yeah" I pressed a hard kiss to her head, then nodded toward the hall "Go back to Graham and Kate I’llaway, I took Keith over to the sink so he could wash his hands, and reentle and quiet with his new sister

Things we’d been going over for ain in about a , he was so excited