In the end, Cooper gave Henry a tiny sip, and the little guy's face wrinkled up right away. "Cooper's wine isn't tasty at all~"

Mia popped open a bottle of soda water and, with a wink, secretly poured it into a cup. “Here, drink what Mommy's giving you."

Wayne watched with big, round eyes as Aunt Mia did her magic trick, then looked over at his big brother getting fooled. "Bro~"

Henry, thinking his little brother wanted some too, took a big gulp of the "wine," stuck out his little butt, and hugged the bottle, offering it over to Wayne.

Wayne didn't know how to say "fake wine” yet he just stared at the cup, words stuck on his tongue.

Mia pinched her nephew's cheek and whispered, “Shhh~”

By the time both families finished dinner, it was already late. That night, Andre took his wife and son to stay over at his father-in-law's place.

It was just how things went: whenever Cooper came home from abroad, Henry was automatically part of the Irvin family's crew.

That night, Henry got to sleep with Cooper again, grinning as he video chatted with Kristen before bed. Cooper sat off to the side, watching his nephew chat away with Jennie, keeping a straight face.

the call ended, Cooper asked,

his toes, confused. "Cooper, I don't know who

"girl" Uncle

"Jennie."

all puzzled. He'd never heard that


more." Henry threw his arms wide and dove into Cooper's arms. No one

of

half-asleep when his dad

flash and whisked him off to the hospital

to hold down their little crying bundle until it was over Mia couldn't even look, she turned her

He just knew coming to the hospital never meant

carried him for the rest of the checkup, but Henry refused to cooperate when they tried to weigh and

him, Henry munching between sniffles. "Daddy, milk~” Cooper quickly dug a box of milk out of the backpack and

little boy

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