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“Bye, Mo his backpack over his shoulder and grabbing his packed lunch off the counter “Love you”

“Garret Hannigan!” I raged, following after him

He froze less than two feet fro dramatically, he turned and sloalked back to rin as he kissed my cheek

Max snickered on his way past “Bye, Aunt Flick See you later”

“Bye, Max,” I called without taking my eyes off my son, who looked so much like his father, it literally made my heart ache “I love you, mister”

Since he was nine, I was fairly sure having anyone hear that his h He’d hear it ato stop saying those three words because he didn’t like it

“I love you too, Moo now?”

I blew out a sigh “Go Have a good day Don’t get in any fights” I kneastingto talk the principal out of expelling hirader was a hothead, but I was hoping he’d calm down eventually

“Mo into the room, her iPad in her hand

I stayed by the door, watching her with concealed amusement as she stalked toward me with attitude Nova looked more like her Aunt Raven than me, and her personality was one hundred percent my best friend’s

“What’s wrong?”

She thrust her iPad into iven her It was a present from her best friend, the boy ould have been attached to her hip if he didn’t live on the other side of the freaking country

Nova ht Jet and I took the kids to visit my aunt Mary, and we’d spent a feeeks in New York one sureat vacation, but Nova had thrown a fit e told her we had to return hoiven her an iPad

So they could video chat

They’d stayed in touch ever since She saw and talked to Ryan , and I loved that she already had a friend she couldn’t seem to live without