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“Oops,” Liv says. “Sorry.”
“We’re going to talk about this later, buddy, okay?”
“I need to buy skis,” he says, already planning the trip of a lifetime. “And I need a new coat. Mine isn’t warm enough.”
“Caleb.” My voice is firm, making my kid frown, so I sigh and move over next to him and brush my hand over his hair. “Buddy, you can’t go on this one. Your behavior last night washorrible.You haven’t earned a ski trip, and you’re grounded.”
“Butyouget to go?” he demands.
“Yeah. I get to go because I’m the mom, and I’m not grounded. But you’re going to stay with Caleb’s mom and dad.”
“Jealous,” Lucy announces. “Aunt Brynna and Uncle Caleb are thebest.I loved staying at their house the most when I was your age.”
“Why?” Caleb asks, and from the look on his face, I’d say he doesn’t quite believe her.
“First of all,” Abby cuts in, “Brynna makes the best chicken wingsever.She always makes a spread for us.”
“And Uncle Caleb is so chill. He loves to hang with us and play games or watch movies. Sometimes, he’d take us out to the movies.” Lucy nods thoughtfully. “If I had to stay back, that’s where I’d want to stay, hands down.”
“You all can say that because you get to go to Montana,” Caleb sulks.
“Next time,” I say to my son and kiss his head. “Maybe for spring break, we can go to Montana. There might not be skiing, but I’m sure there will be plenty of other things to do.”
“Okay,” Caleb says. “I’m gonna go find the guys and see if they need help lifting something.”
He flexes his little muscles and then hurries off, making us laugh.
“Maybe I should go with him.” Vaughn flexes his own muscles, and this time, my stomach does the cha-cha. “Just in case they need my muscles.”
He follows Caleb, and I can’t help but let out a sigh. “Olivia, I’m totally smitten with Drew, but I’m not above admitting that your husband is just…yum.”
“He’s totally yum,” she agrees with a laugh. “No offense taken. Sorry about the Montana slip.”
“Oh, don’t worry. I just hadn’t had time to mention it to him. But I’m really excited to go with you. Thanks for including me.”
“I’m so excited I might not come back to Seattle,” Erin announces and pops a chip into her mouth.
“Bite your tongue,” Haley advises. “Your parents would kill you.”
“I’m, like, in my mid-twenties. There’s not much they can do. Promise me, if I do stay, you’ll send me my stuff.”
“I don’t want Uncle Will to kill me,” Haley says. “So, I can’t promise to conspire with you on this.”
“You’re Will’s daughter?” I ask, seeing the resemblance. “Yeah, good call, Haley.”
We’re all laughing as the guys rejoin us.
“All of Chelsea’s things are in the dining room slash bedroom,” Liam, who I remember because he flirted shamelessly, says. “The rest is up to Chelsea.”
“It’s a disaster in there,” Caleb says. “It’s way worse than my room.”
“Your room was clean this morning.”
He grins up at me. “You were gone all day.”
“I like this kid,” Liam says and ruffles Caleb’s hair. “Y’all can stick around.”
“Maybe I could go to Montana,” Caleb says hopefully.
