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He laughs. “You’re the reason I’m enjoying anything at all right now. You and Ella and June.”

“Tomorrow, then.” I pull back and wipe away his tears with my thumbs. “We’ll enjoy the shit out of whatever weather we get.”

“Yeah.” He clears his throat. “Okay. I like the sound of that.”

“I’ll bring?—”

“Just yourselves.”

I give him a look. “You know I’m not gonna show up empty-handed.”

“And you know I’m not gonna open anything you bring. I got beer, food, and every color of Play-Doh under the sun.”

“Ingredients for a solid Sunday.”

“No Sunday scaries in our house.”

I smile. “No. None at all.”

CHAPTER24

Sawyer

FIFTY-FIFTY

Good thing Avadidn’t spend the night, because Ella ends up in bed with me.

I was woken from a dead sleep by a call from Cash at half past two. Apparently Ella had gone to sleep just fine, but she’d kept waking up and asking for me.

By two o’clock, she was crying her eyes out. I went to pick her up and, too tired to fight her, I let her come into bed with me at home.

She kept me up most of the night. She kicked. Talked in her sleep. Cuddled, but in this weirdly aggressive way where she either elbowed me in the face or kneed me in the nuts.

I wake up feeling like hell.

Grabbing my phone off the charger by the bed, my heart dips when I see a text from Ava.

She sent it twenty minutes ago.

AVA BARTLETT

Having coffee right now. Doesn’t feel right without you.

SAWYER RIVERS

I’m glad I finally convinced you to have it with me at all. Remember that one time you left before I could give it to you?

AVA BARTLETT

SAWYER RIVERS

How are you feeling?

AVA BARTLETT

I’m feeling pretty damn great. Last night was wonderful, thanks again. You?

SAWYER RIVERS

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