Mia thought they were heading home, but to her surprise, Andre led his wife and son upstairs. "Conner, Mars, and Teddy are all here. It's been ages since they last saw Henry-they've missed him. Come on, let's go say hi."

Mia followed Andre into the elevator, Henry in tow. Henry, wide-eyed and curious, peeked around, recognizing where they were. "Daddy, my godfathers are here,” he whispered.

Andre tousled his son's hair. "Yep, you'll see all your godfathers in a minute."

Mia asked, "How come Conner's here?"

"Annie's prenatal records need to be moved over to Newtown Hospital, and they still had some luggage to pick up. He's here to finish up those errands. After this, they'll be settling down in Newtown for good."

They stepped out of the elevator and into a private suite.

For Henry, it was the start of another happy adventure. "Godfather!" he shouted, running over.

It was half past ten before the three of them finally made it home.

things up?" Mia asked as she slipped off

as he drove. "Not exactly. They didn't reconcile, but

then he glanced

let out a yawn. "A

Henry, ever the copycat, followed suit. He kicked off his little shoes, crawled onto the back

son half slumped over, Mia gently scooped him up into her

snuggled in, mumbling,

to sleep." Mia rubbed his

half-asleep. "You've got class tomorrow, so just go straight to bed when we get home. I'll take

down a little. He's already out. He played so much with Anya at the Byrnes' today he didn't even

chuckled. "Anya's really got a

half an hour later, Andre joined her. Even if Mia didn't tuck herself into his arms, Andre would always pull her close. Only then, it seemed, could he get a

quiet of Maplewood Estates was broken

at 'em! You're gonna

Henry there. At first, Henry tried sitting to eat but couldn't quite reach, so he stood up-still awkward-then ended up sprawling across the table,

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