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He stirred it into her mug and handed it to her. “Have a seat. I’ll bring the food.”
She took his mug with her when she went to the table.
“Thanks, Mom,” he said when Molly handed him plates with pancakes and sausage. “This is the best restaurant in town.”
“Don’t let Megan hear you say that.”
Lucas came into the kitchen. “Hear him say what?”
“That this is the best restaurant in town,” Molly said.
“Well, it is,” Lucas said, stealing a pancake from the new stack.
Molly smacked his hand with her spatula. “You’ve already had six.”
“I’m a growing boy, and nice of you to show up, Maxwell. They’ve got me hanging streamers.”
“And you suck at it,” Dani said when she joined them.
“I can’t be good at everything, babe.” All at once, he noticed Lexi sitting at the table. “What? Lexi? Is that you?” He went to hug her. “Where the heck have you been?”
“Lucas, shut up,” Max said.
“It’s fine,” Lexi told him. “I was in Houston battling leukemia.”
“Oh crap. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. I’m better now.”
“That’s great to hear. It’s so good to see you.”
“It’s good to be seen.”
“This is my wife, Dani. Dan, this is Max’s high school girlfriend, Lexi.”
The two women shook hands.
“Did you come for the reunion?” Lucas asked, as he stole sausage from Max’s plate and ate it before Max noticed it was gone.
“I did. It was a good excuse to come home to Butler.”
“What do you think of our boy Max? He’s all grown up and a daddy.”
“So I noticed,” Lexi said with a warm smile for Max.
“Do I detect sparks flying anew between the class couple?” Lucas asked.
“Go away and hang some streamers, Lucas,” Max said.
“It’s much more interesting in here,” Lucas said, reaching for a chair.
“Oh no you don’t.” Dani tugged on his arm. “Back to work.”
“Hurry up and eat,” Lucas said to Max. “This is ajointbirthday party, which means you have to dohalfthe work.”
“I usually do all the setup with Dani because you conveniently have to work until five minutes before the party starts.”
“I’m a dedicated public servant.”
