Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Upstairs, Andre's voice rang out suddenly. "Mia, can you come up here for a sec?"

Nora shook her head anxiously and moved closer to Hansen on the couch. "Dad, are you going to protect your kids?"

Hansen shook his head and slid a little farther away from his daughter-in-law. "Nope, not getting involved."

Cradling his hiccupping, red-faced son, Andre called down again, louder this time. "Mia! Henry just peed on my desk! I can't deal with him-get up here!"

Everyone in the living room-young and old-turned, craning their necks to stare up at the little culprit on the stairs, his pants clearly soaked.

Hearing his dad announce his embarrassment to the whole family, Henry cried even harder.

Mia rushed upstairs. As soon as she took Henry from Andre, Henry clung to her neck, sniffling and tattling in his tiny voice, "Daddy hit your baby~"

Nora raised her eyebrows. "Andre hit my baby? Well, then my baby peed all over his daddy's office, didn't he?" The words were a little too much for Henry to follow, but he was dead set: his dad hit him.

Andre hurried off to clean his office while Mia hauled Henry away for a bath.

Catching each other's eye, Molly and Aimee exchanged a silent look. Jade glanced upstairs, and without a word, the two moms each grabbed a toddler and headed up as well.

center of every bit of chaos. Back in the old days, they'd have called him a

of his office

only sigh

kids into the play area,

they'd gone-Cedillo family security was tight these days. There was

cousins, was fighting Wayne for a toy. But when Henry wandered over, he just grabbed

off to the side. "Andre, do you think my little sweetie is growing up too

Andre shrugged. “Henry started

to chase

He'd been a few

he and Mia had been

of wits

got home from work, bent down with an armful of plastic

playing with

the three women returned, each scooping up a sleepy toddler

lingered in the living room, holding hands and reluctant to say goodbye. "You're leaving already tomorrow? It feels too soon. There's so much more.I wanted to show

so someone has to keep the house running. Next time we'll have more

you can count