When they got out of the car at the hotel, Henry's parents headed to the front desk to pick up their key cards. Henry, meanwhile, was glued to his phone, Face Timing his uncle. The two of them never seemed to run out of things to say- they just kept chatting away for a solid half hour.

Finally, after thirty minutes, his uncle joked, "Hey, little buddy, do you miss Kristen yet?"

On the other end, Cooper sounded annoyed. "Why are you at my place again? Hand over my keys."

"Not a chance."

Cooper set his phone down and went straight to Jennie, trying to wrestle the keys out of her arms.

Henry frowned, confused about where Cooper had disappeared to.

Back in the hotel room, Mia called out, "Henry, come on, time to shower with Dad!"

His call with Uncle Cooper was put on pause for now.

With the Lantern Festival over, it was almost time for Mia to start school again.

At home, Henry tried to rope Grandpa into helping him study, but all he managed to do was stress out Hansen Cedillo and leave his already-thinning hair even messier.

Hansen scratched his head and muttered, "Honestly, intelligence should run in this family..."

pretended to study,

busy at work, and Mia was getting her school things

without telling anyone, only calling her boyfriend

middle of debugging some code when he picked up.

tongue, trying to sound extra sweet. "Chad,

faint sound of airport announcements in the background. "You flew in,

few seconds later, Leo added, "Send me

I.ne

checked each one quickly, then called over his colleague. "Chunky, keep

someone

nodded. "Told her not to come, but does she ever

keys and left

Leo left, a new hire whispered,

call her Ms. Anya. That's the boss's girlfriend! 'Ms.

the airport, Anya waited, looking innocent as

really have picked up all the bad habits from your aunt and your mom, haven't

puffed out her cheeks, looking

her suitcase into the trunk, opened the car

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