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Alex said, “Count us in.” Charisa, Jaxson, and Jason cheered.
Dean asked, “What do you say? Want to come again next year?” he asked Micheal and Avery.
“Really, Dad? You know we don’t want to leave now. What makes you think we wouldn’t want to come back,” Avery said.
Dean gave a thumbs-up.
Caydan said, “I know what Lexi will say.”
“Yes! Yes! Yes!” she shouted.
Everyone in the room laughed, and Logan said, “We will be here.”
I looked at my parents, and my dad knew there was a chance I wouldn’t be. But his response was what I hoped for. “Count us in.”
Mom said, “And I had a call with Colton earlier this morning and he said Merry Christmas to everyone and that he promised to be here if we ever did this again. And he also gave me something else to share. Jace is going to be a big brother. Annabella is pregnant!”
The women all cheered and started hugging each other as though they were having a baby. I looked at my uncles who had a different expression. One like they dodged a bullet but were happy anyway.
Adilyn slipped her arm around my waist and said, “I guess the Winterberry Christmas magic extended to even the Hendersons that couldn’t make it here.”
“What does that mean?” I asked.
She smiled and said, “I’ll explain later.” She pointed a finger up.
I saw we were standing beneath the mistletoe. That wasn’t there the last time I had looked, but I wasn’t going to break tradition. Besides, this was all I needed for Christmas. I kissed her tenderly.
This might be our first Christmas together, but it wasn’t going to be our last. Hopefully, in several years from now, we will have a couple of our own children running around in this sea of Hendersons.
“Merry Christmas, Mark.”
“Merry Christmas my sweet elf,” I winked.
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