#Chapter 228 – Presents

Scowling a bit – honestly, I’m not as much of a disaster in the kitchen as any of them imply – I settle in next to Janeen. She leans over and gives me a big smacking kiss on the cheek and I laugh, but even as I shove her away we both know that all is forgiven. Nothing to forgive, really – I’m used to my weird, chronically inappropriate sister. At least she always keeps it interesting. Family dinner goes off without a hitch and I’m absolutely thrilled to see it. Now that we’re comfortably settled in our own beautiful space, things start to really feel…well, normal. It’s not that it’s precisely as it was either in Kent’s mansion or in the beach house. Instead, it’s something totally new. But, luckily, the laughter has stayed. As we eat, the wine flows and our little family starts to find its pace. People really start to open up, Kent and Daniel telling stories of their lives in Italy and what we can expect here as they pass around the food, explaining what everything is. And even thou