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Sabrina quickly bowed out with her kids, pro to call when Brett was up for a visit

Jack stood in front of her, his back to his family, and for a few seconds, all Donovan could do was close her eyes and try to get her shit together

“Hey,” Jack said softly, his hand sliding to her chin “How’s the foot?”

She exhaled and opened her eyes “Sabrina says it’s sprained She left e so…”

Jack scooped up the bandage and carefully, gently, wrapped her foot She didn’t know her breath was held until she let it out in a big whoosh when he set her leg back down She was still perched on the counter, trapped between Jack and his family

“What happened to your face?”

That was Rick He was a few inches to Jack’s left, and she saw the concern there

“I’m fine, Maverick It was stupid, really I fell down this incline, and well, I’m lucky all I ended up as a sprained ankle”

“Lucky,” Rick muttered, his eyes on Jack “Yeah, real lucky”

Jack turned to his cousin “If you got so to say Maverick, why the hell don’t you say it?”

“Boys,” Noah Sih”

Jack glanced back at his father and sighed “It’s been a tough couple of days”

Noah nodded “I’m sure it has Why don’t I put a pot of coffee on and you can getah…Donovan can—“

“Dressed would be good,” hisin the pantry for the coffee “I’ll s upstairs Maverick you, too I don’t like mess, and these suitcases are in the way”

Donovan slid off the counter, shaking her head when Jack would have taken her hand “I don’t need you to get dressed,” she said softly