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“It is. We’re very lucky to have such a wonderful family.”
“What’s she like? My mom?”
“Well, I haven’t seen her in a long time, but when we were in college, she was sweet and funny and pretty.” That was until she became pregnant unexpectedly, and then she’d changed dramatically, not that Caden needed to know that.
“What should I call her?”
“Why don’t we ask what she prefers?”
“Okay.”
Max leaned in to hug his son. “Don’t worry about anything. She’ll be thrilled to see you, and she’ll love you like everyone else does.”
“She’s not going to try to take me away from you, is she?”
Shocked, Max pulled back. “What? No. Why would you think that?”
“I heard you talking to Grammy about it in the car the other day.”
“You were asleep.”
“I could hear you.”
“I’m sorry you heard that, but I talked to Grayson, and he said there’s no chance of anything happening to change our current situation.” Max was furious with himself for talking about that when Caden was nearby. "I hope you haven’t been worried about that.”
“Not really. I knew you wouldn’t let that happen.”
“I’d never let that happen, so don’t worry. She may want to see you occasionally, which is fine, but she can’t take you away from me. And I don’t think she’d ever try to because she knows that’s not what’s best for you.”
“Okay.”
“Can we talk about something else?”
“Sure.”
“My friend Lexi…”
“Yourgirlfriend, you mean?”
Max smiled. “Yeah, my girlfriend.”
“What about her?”
“I want you to do something for me. Something really important.”
“What?”
“I want you to give her a chance before you decide you don’t like her just because you think she’s going to change things between us or something like that.” Max felt it was important to continue this conversation since she’d be living near them before much longer. “You should know by now that nothing and no one could ever change things between us. We’re always going to be best friends and buddies, no matter what.”
Caden appeared to give that some thought. “Is she coming here?”
“She’s moving back to Butler after Christmas. Having her in my life again makes me happy, but I can’t truly be happy if you’re not. So it would mean a lot to me if you would give her a chance.”
“I will.”
“Really? You promise?”
He nodded. “You do a lot to make me happy, so I guess it’s only fair that I do the same for you.”
