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“Sorry,” he said as he reached us. “I don’t mean to interrupt.”
“Oh, you’re not interruptinganything,”Amelia said with a grin in my direction.
“You’re not interrupting. We were just chatting.”
“Well, you didn’t respond to my last message, so I just wanted to make sure you were okay.”
“That is just so sweet of you. Isn’t that sweet, Skye?”
“I think that’s enough out of you, Amelia.”
She smiled at me again, and put her eyes down to her phone.
“I did respond to your last message.”
“Nope, you definitely didn’t.”
“I sent a message and then left my phone in my room. So if you messaged me again, I haven’t seen it.”
“Well, I told you to get your,” he glanced down at Amelia before whispering the next word, “assover to my chalet as soon as possible.”
“I’m in high school. You can swear in front of me,” Amelia remarked without looking up.
“I guess I missed that message. But I told you I didn’t want to intrude on your tradition.”
“You didn’t let me explain what the tradition was.”
“What is it?”
“We watchFrozenand eat popcorn with M&M’s in it. It’s nothing fancy or secret. Just something fun that the girls like to do.”
“I still don’t want to butt in on a sacred family tradition, Owen.”
“Oh, just go over there, Skye. Obviously he wants you there or he wouldn’t have come out here without shoes or a coat on.”
I looked down at Owen’s feet and Amelia was right. He was standing in front of me in soaking wet socks and just a sweater to keep him warm.
“She has a point,” Owen said, nodding in her direction.
“Well, I’ll come over, but only if it’s okay with you, Amelia.”
“I’ve gotplentyto do to keep me occupied. You don’t need to worry about me.”
“That sounds like trouble,” Owen remarked.
“It is,” Amelia and I said in unison.
We burst into laughter and Owen watched us with a smile on his face.
“I gotta tell you, having teenage daughters someday scares the shit out of me,” he said with a chuckle.
“We’re terrifying creatures,” Amelia said with a nod.
I started laughing again, and when Amelia and Owen both joined in, there was no stopping it. My side started to ache and tears were steaming down my face in the cold wind. Finally, the laughter subsided and I remembered what was happening.
Owen invited me to be part of his family’s tradition. It may not be anything elaborate or intricate, but it was special to his kids, and I knew it must be incredibly special to him. I knew how much he loved those girls, and he would do anything to make them happy.
“Shall we?” he asked, with a hand extended to me.
