Chad called his mom. “Hey, Mom, just letting you know, I'm calling in sick for Molly."

Coleen didn't skip a beat. “What'd she get up to last night?”

It was nearly noon when Molly finally rolled out of bed. She lay there for a moment, still groggy, before the panic hit—she was supposed to be at work. She reached for her phone to call her mom, but then noticed she'd already had a call that morning.

Molly squinted at her screen. "Wait, did I already call? Ever since I became a mom, my memory's a mess. I have zero recollection of that call."

Wayne, hanging nearby, said, “Dad~"

"What's up with your dad?" Molly asked.

Wayne just sighed and flopped backwards onto the bed, giving up on trying to explain.

When Cooper's plane landed, he didn't bother heading to the Irvin house first-he made a beeline for the Cedillos'. "Sweetie!"

"Cooper!" came the reply.

Uncle and nephew gave everyone a show, running across the room to each other like it was the finale of a

rom-com.

into Cooper's

couldn't get enough of him-every time they were finally reunited, Henry's cheeks ended up

“Love Cooper!” Henry giggled.


"You're starting school soon, so here's a present from your

son, smirked. "With how he is, don't be shocked if that thing ends up

the waterproof one," Cooper

shook her

with Mia's phone. Later, while

few, Andre finally picked up.

burst of giggles on the other end. "Haha, Daddy,

grinned. “Your uncle's back, isn't he?" Figures his brother-in-law would get his son some fancy gadget. "Cooper got it

and tell them we're all going out for dinner." When

her son saved in her contacts

both families met up at the

brother. “Listen, dude, try not to get us

already had a roster


warned as he set

again. In Cooper's world, his nephew was 90% of everything; the rest of the family split the other

he was his uncle's favorite. Even at dinner, he insisted on sitting right next to Cooper. The big

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