RIO
The long table in the dining room looked like something out of a Hallmark holiday movie. There were platters of assorted meats, roasted vegetables, bread still steaming from the oven, and my favourite citrus-and-herb roast chicken right in the center.
The scent alone made my stomach growl.
Lucy was fussing over the cutlery placements with the boys when I walked in.
“There you are,” Lucy said, her voice softening the second she saw me. “Come take your seat between Kaden and Steven before your brothers start fighting over who gets to sit closest. Bryce always sits next to Sam so that he will stay there.”
“I’m not fighting,” Kaden said from his seat, though he nudged Steven with an elbow hard enough to make him grunt.
Bryce snorted from the end of the table. “You’re both idiots. You
