A Taste of Spring
Chapter 35
Cord pushed his large frame out of the patio chair and met Dez halfway. They did the universal male embrace/clap on the back hug.
"I hope so. I need more testosterone in my home, man. With Winter, Andy, Rhea, Val, and Onyx...I'm feeling like I'm trespassing."
"Where is Val? She didn't fly in with you guys?"
"Uncle Dez!"
"Dez!"
Dez looked out over the yard, finding the girls in the pool. The two of them climbed out and came running toward him, dripping wet but with huge smiles. He hadn't seen the girls in person for almost six months.
Rhea got to him first, hugging his right side. Andy wrapped her arms around his left.
"Girls," Winter said as she passed holding salad dressing in her arms. "You're getting Dez all wet. Go. Get dried off so you can eat."
Andy pouted but looked up at him. She crooked her finger at him so Dez bent low to the girl's eye level. "Did you bring them?" Andy asked.
"I did," Dez said.
"The colors?" Rhea whispered.
requested," he
you, Uncle Dez," Rhea said as she kissed him on
best, Uncle Dez," Andy sang, kissing his
passing Fallon on the way in. As Fallon approached, he shook his
his lips and rolled his eyes as he and Dez walked to the patio table. "What did you
"Hey, I'm not like you. I have to work hard for a
of
narrowed her eyes and said, "I fell before you almost died so stop
their light-hearted mention of the incident. Some folk can't move on from trauma but Winter wasn't
hear you have a woman now, Dez," Cord said as he took a cola from the cooler beside him. "Seems we have a Winter and a
lay at his feet. Onyx was a beast of a dog, and if she wasn't so well trained he would have been apprehensive about being
said, frowning, "I thought you were bringing
other plans." Dez was a bit disappointed but he understood that Spring had a
are staying with Fallon for a couple more days before we fly out to Arizona to drop the girls off at Jacob's folks for summer break." Cord shrugged then said, "Maybe
on with this sister? Do you see a love connection with Fallon and her? I hear she's a beauty
have
Fallon
he told his family about Summer in the first place was odd. When Fallon noticed Dez watching him, Fallon gave
doth protest too