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.

pumping, dove straight into Cooper's arms and was

Henry's cheeks ended up squished from all

“Love Cooper!” Henry giggled.


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

watching her son, smirked. "With how he is, don't be shocked if that

I got the waterproof one," Cooper said,

just shook

use the watch and helped him sync it with Mia's phone. Later, while Andre was at work, he

a few, Andre

the other end.

uncle's back, isn't he?" Figures his brother-in-law would

we're all going out for dinner." When he hung up,

meanwhile, had her son saved in her contacts as

families met up at

was carrying his little brother. “Listen, dude, try not to get us

of the game, already had a roster


act up, you know what's coming," Leo warned as he

world, his nephew was 90% of everything; the rest of the family split the

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

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