“We just came. Why isn’t Godmother here yet?” Jewel asked. Brian took off his jacket and hung it on the coat rack. “She’s at home with Mrs. Fritz. She says she’s not coming so that we young ones can have our fun by ourselves.”

“Oh, but I wanted to talk to her!” He chuckled. “You sound a lot better when you speak now, Jewel.” She smiled. ‘Really? I can’t talk a lot, though.”

“You keep getting impatient, but you’ve improved a lot now. Don’t you agree, Brian?” Alex remarked. “Yeah. You’ve improved very quickly,” Brian agreed.

As they chatted, Eugene and his little family, along with Nathan and Kate, had arrived. This was the first gathering with so many of them present. They all exchanged their greetings before taking their seats.

The three women sat together while the four men and one little guy all sat on the other side, staring at the women who were busy talking among themselves. “Has anyone placed an order yet?” Eugene asked.

were waiting for you. You’re buying, so we wouldn’t dream of ordering before you came,” Alex explained. Eugene side-eyed him. “You sound

Brian. “I’ll leave the order to you since it’s your restaurant.

attitude. He ordered a few things before passing the menu back to the server. As they waited for the food to

Nothing particularly dull, or exciting, or bad, or amazing,” Kate replied. Olivia gave her a look. “That’s as good as not saying anything.” Kate chuckled. “Well, he picks me up after work

was too badly hurt by him, but I don’t seem

was exasperated. ‘Look at you. Do you even

feel anxious anymore because you’re certain that he likes you, so that’s why you think you don’t have any feelings for him anymore. If you don’t believe me, then let’s see what

him well!” Kate retorted. Olivia tugged on Jewel’s arm and asked, “Look at her! Doesn’t she sound so smug

together. Alex was looking at Jewel. He had an uneasy. feeling in his heart as he kept worrying that

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