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“MY GOD, THAT was amazing, Da

Da

“It was awesome, wasn’t it? All of us being together… Christ, I can’t remember the last time that happened. Watching my dad, Chris, and Chester trying to one-up each other was fu

Julie snorted.

“What? What was that for?” Da

“Really, hun? You don’t think you were part of that silliness?”

Shrugging his acquiescence, memories of the weekend floated through his mind. “So how about Chester? Finally found himself a woman…I never saw that coming.” Meeting his friend’s girlfriend had blown Da

“I’m not surprised. Not at all,” Julie murmured. “Something happened to him, Da

“Peace. He found his peace.” All of the conversations the two men had shared over the years swirled through Da

“Your dad looked great…healthy,” Julie remarked. “You’d never know that he’d been hospitalized just a few months ago.”

Allan had gotten the flu in the fall and it landed him in the hospital for nearly a week. Da

Obviously, with the two of them on their way home from the Florida Keys, the request was well received and accepted.

“What do you think about the cute duo that started coming in on Thursday nights?”

Julie’s question took his mind away from Florida and delivered it to the bar.

“Lyla and Janie,” Julie clarified u

He knew exactly who they were. He made it his business to know the regulars, and he’d made it his mission to know the people his kids showed interest in. Janie Silver appealed to Max in a way Da

He gri

“Ahh, so you noticed it too, huh?” Da

Da

“Hmm, that one is tough.”

He thought the same thing. From the moment he’d laid eyes on the petite brunette, he saw something he had never seen before. The woman was a complete contradiction. Her beauty was extraordinary, but often times it was masked behind sarcasm and dry wit. If one chose to only look skin deep, they might not see the kindness behind what could be considered rude.

In the few weeks that the ladies had been spending their Thursday nights at the bar, Da

What did he think about Lyla Dalton? Something in her blue eyes spoke to him; he just didn’t understand what they were saying…yet. The woman ran deep, deeper than he could possibly imagine, but she was good people. And good people always had a place at Da

Da

“Kyle deserves to find a good woman. Maybe Lyla will be just what he needs. I think she and Janie are go

Da

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INTERESTING WAS AN understatement. Janie Silver and Lyla Dalton were sugar and jalapeños. It didn’t matter that the duo wasn’t Da

When Da

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“A SUNDAY DINNER, Da

“Sorry, honey, what?” He had just entered the office and shut the door. Di

Excitement bloomed in her belly as she told Da

“Sunday di

“We’re pretty amazing, babe, but we can’t think of everything,” Julie teased. Da

“Looking forward to di