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Will and Cameron: Chase, Molly and Murphy
Ella and Gavin: Sarah, Caleb and Cecilia “Cici”
Charley and Tyler: Took in his orphaned nieces, Maisy and Kendall, ages 9 and 7, after their parents died in an accident
Wade and Mia: Carlee and Corbin
Colton and Lucy: Christian and twins, Camden and Cooper
Lucas and Dani: Savannah “Savvy,” Sawyer and Sienna
Landon and Amanda: Stella, Sloane, Sarah, Stefan
Max: Caden
26 grandchildren for Linc and Molly
The Colemans
Grayson and Emma: Simone, Hannah, Finley and Rowan
Noah and Brianna: Elliott, Ethan and Elias
Izzy and Cabot: Mia, Miles and Madelyn
Vanessa and Troy: Declan, Bennett and Alice
Alison: Single mom to Kingston and Axel
Jackson: Engaged to marry Autumn
Henry: Engaged to marry Emerson
Sarah: Dating Nathaniel, expecting engagement any time
15 grandchildren for Hannah + Lucy’s 3 for Ray = 18
Elmer Stillman: 41 great-grandchildren
ChapterOne
“Whereof what’s past is prologue; what to come,
in yours and my discharge.”—Shakespeare
“What’s the point of a high school reunion when I see most of my classmates on Facebook or Instagram just about every day?” Max asked as he glanced at the invitation that had come to the barn earlier in the week.
“The point,” Molly said, “is to see each otherin person. Remember what that’s like?”
“Eh.” Max tossed the invite in the trash. “I see who I want to see.”
“What’s a reunion?” Caden asked as he stuffed ice cream into his face while seated at the table with Grandpa Linc.
“It’s a stupid thing that people do to see people they don’t really want to see while spending a ridiculous amount of money for something they don’t care about,” Max told his son.
Out of the corner of his eye, Max saw Linc load another scoop into Caden’s bowl. His son lit up with delight, as he usually did when Grandpa Linc spoiled him, which was all the time. Max didn’t mind because Caden was a polite, well-behaved child who was the absolute light of Max’s life, and if his father wanted to give his son an extra scoop of ice cream, who was Max to stand in the way of that kind of bonding?
“Sounds dumb,” Caden said.
