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-- EXCERPT: The house had filled up nicely. Dante had arrived shortly before the Tenleys, and approximately thirty seconds after I’d met Shay for the second time in my life, he’d shoved Reese into the pool with a little help from Gray. It was the upside to having buddies who’d robbed the cradle for partners some twenty years younger than themselves; reunions were never dull. Gray, Crew, Toby, and Shay were getting along fine. Reese pushed himself up from the pool. Crew was struggling to contain his laughter. His uncle and the Tenley brothers went way back, so this memory would live on. I grinned to myself as I prepped the grill. Reese was watching the youngsters with suspicion in his eyes while he threw off his wet clothes. River and Darius had naturally ended up on Reese’s side of the pool. “Can you stop looking at me like that?” Shay laughed. “I told you I’d get back at you for stealing my travel pillow!” Reese kept staring as he dropped his wallet and—oh, ouch—a possibly dead phone on one of the pool loungers. “You might wanna put that in a bag of rice,” Gray offered. “Don’t let that get to you,” Crew told Shay. “iPhones are waterproof.” “Boy, you’re on my list too,” Reese barked out. Crew merely widened his arms in a “come get it.” It was gonna be a good weekend. Sun shinin’, country music playin’, friends laughin’. “You look happier, querido.” Marisa came up next to me with one of the platters of sausage. I smiled at her. “It’s good to have everyone here.” ![]()
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