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“You’re welcome.” She placed her hand on my arm. “My work here is done. We’ll see you both at the party tonight.” She smiled.

“You’re coming?” I asked.

“We wouldn’t miss a Kind party for anything.” Asher grinned.

“Dad, I’m going down to Lily’s,” Riley said.

“Okay.” I hooked my arm around Piper and kissed the side of her head. “Guess what?”

“What?”

“Grayson is proposing to Ava tonight.”

“Really?” Piper smiled. “That’s wonderful! Is he doing it at the party?”

“Yep. You need to understand that everything we do in this family is a family affair. No one is ever left out.”

“Again, I love your family.” She smiled. “By the way, I have something to tell you as well.”

“What did you do?” I smirked.

“I went and saw my mom.”

“How is she?”

“She’s doing really good. She came clean about my dad before I had the chance to confront her.”

“Are you okay? You weren’t too hard on her, were you?”

“Not at all. I told her I forgave her and that we were putting it behind us. What happened in the past is staying in the past, and we’re moving forward.”

“I’m happy to hear that, babe.” I hugged her tight.

“I was thinking that maybe sometime soon, the three of us can go visit her. I would like her to meet Riley.”

“Of course. Just let me know when, and we’ll go.”

“I love you, Gabriel.”

“I love you too. Do you think we have time for a quickie?” I grinned.

“Yep. We sure do.” She grabbed my hand, and we ran up the stairs.

CHAPTER35

Gabriel

We walked down the beach to Sebastian’s house, where tables of food were set up, and he was standing at his oversized barbecue, grilling hamburgers and hot dogs.

“Hey.” I smiled as I walked over and handed him a beer.

“Thanks, cousin. Welcome home.”

“Thank you. What kind of burgers are you grilling?”

“These ones over here are stuffed with feta and gorgonzola. These over here are stuffed with bacon and cheddar, and these are stuffed with jalapenos and cream cheese. These are the plain boring burgers.” He smiled.

“You’re the man.” I patted his back.