Page 30 of Every Move You Make

“This is a surprise,” I say, patting him on the back as we hug.

“Yeah, I’m here this week working on some of the houses.” Joaquín and Rafael run Jimenez Brothers Properties together, and Joaquín travels between here and Washington DC often to check on their various rental properties.

He lets go of me and goes in for a hug with Dane and Dominico—or Nico, as we’ve recently nicknamed him. “I heard you guys started a new family dinner tradition, so I thought I’d crash it.”

“Dane wants to getAgony Nectarback together,” I smirk.

The guys pull away from each other, and Joaquín looks like he just heard the juiciest bit of gossip. “Tell me more.”

“We’re not,” Dane says.

But Joaquín rakes his gaze over my punk-rock brother. “We clearly are.”

“Dinner!” Rafael hollers from the dining table.

I take a seat between Joaquín and Angie, who’s at the end with Rafael so they can each access the kids in their high chairs. Rafael says grace for everyone, and we dig in.

“Where’s Ivy?” I ask the whole table.

“She’s at a birth right now,” Dad replies.

“She’s always gone.”

Dad shrugs before serving himself. “Yeah. It’s the nature of being a midwife, though. Always on-call.”

“And where are Ana and Christina? They’re usually here.”

“They’re visiting our family in Mexico,” Joaquín answers.

“That reminds me,” Angie chimes in over all the conversations happening. “We have an announcement about thewedding, everyone!”

Everyone quiets down but Dane finishes his side conversation with Jonah. “You only took that class in college because the professor was hot.”

“She was,” Jonah smirks.

“Jonah,” Angie cuts in.

“What?”

“Stop talking. Thank you.” Angie relaxes and takes Raf’s hand. “We found a venue in Guanajuato and put a deposit down. The date is officially set for May 14th next year.”

“That’s great, bunny,” Dad smiles.

“Jonah, this is your first reminder to make sure your passport is current.”

“I don’t think I have a passport.”

“Yes, you do,” Raf sighs. “You went to Ireland with the team two years ago.”

“Do you know where you put it?” she asks, but Jonah's face goes blank, and she groans.

“I’ll make sure he has one,” Dad says.

Angie’s expression is a curious one. “Thanks, Dad.”

“Whatever you need, bunny.”

Then she looks at me. “And yours is up to date, Zay?”

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