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"Fine, but when are you going to lether from him and the boys all snort

"Why the fuck not?" He sounds offended, but I’ve no idea why The fucker can’t take anything seriously

"‘Cause I’ll come home and you’d probably be fuckin’ soh as I see his eyes glaze over

"Fuck off" He shakes his head, clearing whatever was running through his h all you like, but one day you will needremember this"

"Don’t hold your breath, Uncle Jesse" I shake et one of Harlow’s bottles "Don’t forget, dinner next Saturday night, seven Don’t be late," I relance as I head out toLow in, we drive out of the co Five minutes later, we pull onto Main Street, a few blocks away froirls spent the afternoon

"You okay, bud?" I ask Z when I realize how quiet he’s been on the drive over

"I’rin, and I relax After all the shit with his mom and the stress over Kadence, I’ve been worried But with the help of Kadence’s parents and Red, we’ve been able to keep hi , anyway Jesse and Beau just hog her the whole time," he complains, and I chuckle at how true that is The kid is pissed that he has to share his sister But he’s right Jesse and Beau are taken with her If Sy let anyone touch X, they could share, but that fucker has a lock on hi Except when Holly is around to tell him to pull his head out of his ass

"Get used to it, bud She is kind of cute" I s out front Once we come to a cooodbye to Holly and walks to the passenger side

"Hey, Mom" Z throws his arms around Kadence

"Hey, bud How are you?" She kisses the top of his head as she looks up atsot heavy He never asked and we’ve never talked about it I’ve given him plenty of opportunities to open about it, but he won’t It’s so ill keep an eye on, but at this point, we aren’t concerned He seeood ti to the back seat Kadence holds the door open for Z, before leaning in and kissing Low on the forehead

"Hey, Low baby," she whispers before closing the door andback to the front I keepfor her answer

"Yeah, we did" She suys have fun?"

"Jesse and Beau hogged Low" Z tattles on his uncles, pulling a laugh from Kadence The sound causes me to close my eyes and savor the joy in it