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"I wish Sophie was here, too,"

"Maybe next year She goes down at seven or seven thirty, and is a grouch if she doesn't get her twelve hours of sleep"

"I know," he said and patted rand babies together"

"On Thanksgiving We'll eat earlier and spend the afternoon together How does that sound?"

"Sounds perfect"

That settled, Drake finished pouring cha area and talked about our activities over the past week

We had only been back in Manhattan for a short while and were still getting back into our respective routines so everything still felt new and uncertain

There wasn't much to update them on my part My life was taken up with Sophie and Drake When I had tiht work in the studio on s

As for Drake, he wasn't working He and his forht it was best that he didn't start working again until after the murder trial of Lisa Monroe was finished and the publicity around it had died down ThatSeptember to continue in his practice

His fellowship was also up in the air because of the dra to look forward to except the trial and seeing Lisa finally put away for good He hoped to finish his Fellowship and then start working as a pediatric neurosurgeon in a year if his supervisor agreed and the departoal

It would likely take longer than we both hoped for it to come to fruition, but I kneould -- eventually Until then, Drake was at loose ends

About tenthat Heath and his family had arrived and were on their way up The elevator doors opened to ader version of rown up children We welcone and provided some sodas for the children We spent the next fifteenup on all their news

At about quarter to eight, the wait staff began bringing up the meal, and so we all sat at the table with my father at the head, Elaine at the other end and the rest of us on either side Music played in the background -- iven the Russian setting Everyone was busy talking, laughing and enjoying themselves as we feasted on wonderful Russian food Drake explained each dish while the wait staff served us, giving a bit of background on where the dish came fro the dishes and enjoyed the chance to introduce some traditional Russian food to my family

I sat beside hi the out the Communist revolution, of course Drake seemed so happy to be in that role of athem with stories while the wine flowed and the food was served

He see on behind the scenes