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She Is Me

Yet so to be as overjoyed at this shocking news as I a that Gray has more than s She looks for the worst She looks for the chinks in arure out ulterior motives It's all a part of her business acumen, but sometimes that doesn't necessarily apply to real life

I know she sure has hell suffered fro, and it held her back a bit from him at first I only hope that she can keep an open mind about all of this

With one last tap ofwheel, I squareup to her house tonight will be long forgotten once I drop the real surprise on her

After I ring the doorbell, I hear the pounding of little feet across hardwood get progressively louder, and then Ruby is swinging the door open wide, grinning up at me

"Pop-Pop!" she exclaims, and then launches herself intohere?"

While I have to say Ryker Evans beco my son-in-laas an improvement to my already fantastic life, the real joy is that when Gray hters in the deal Ryker had been raising thele dad when he met Gray

It wasn't long after Gray and Ryker goton twenty-one Violet quickly followed suit She's eight and perhaps wiser than me

"DadGrayPop-Pop's here," I hear Violet yell as she skids to a halt in front of the door She also grins up at me, which showcases the tooth she lost on the top ht her a hundred dollars, but Gray and Ryker firot five dollars instead

I step into the house, put Ruby down, and then pick up Violet She gives ive her a squeeze before I deposit her back to the floor

"Dad?" I hear Gray's voice as she walks into the living roo her hands on a dish towel "This is a surprise"

"Not intruding, am I?" I ask

"Not at all" She smiles and then spins back toward the kitchen "I' up after dinner Have you eaten? I can make you a plate"

"I'ood," I say as I follow her into the kitchen, Ruby and Violet falling in right behind me

Truth is, I haven't eaten dinner yet, but I'm too wired over this news I'

When we enter the kitchen, I see Ryker closing the dishwasher He turns with a smile and holds his hand out "What's up, Pop-Pop?"

"Sive him a quick shake

"Pop-Pop," Ruby says as she tugs at the bottom of my suit jacket "Want to come upstairs and see my spider collection? I just added a pirate spider They eat other spiders and it's really cool"

I don't h Ryker's body He has a spider phobia, a fact I learned early on in his relationship with Gray While he saved her from a psychopathic ex-Cold Fury player and thus earned my devotion for life, he once ad her, he's not sure he could have done it

"I'll come up in a bit to look," I tell as I ruffle her curly hair "But I actually need to talk to Gray and your dad about so important"

I glance at Gray and see concern in her eyes, as I never show up at her house unannounced with "so important" to discuss

"Why don't you girls go upstairs and play, then Pop-Pop will coirls, and with a fir theoes from the kitchen to the second floor

There's no gruirls They both shoot rins and then run up the stairs

"Want some coffee?" Gray asks, and I shake my head I had too much damn coffee today with Lexi at The Grind and probably won't be able to sleep a wink tonight

"Mind if we sit at the table?" I ask, but I don't wait for a response,around the kitchen island to the breakfast nook

Gray and Ryker take chairs around the square table, both of the

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