CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Alison Alison set her laptop on the coffee table in front of them. Looking at her reflection in the dark monitor, she anxiously ran her fingers through her hair. It’d been a while since she’d seen her mother, and she missed her. That was going to have to change with so much happening in her life now. “Kaden! Are you ready yet?” she called from the living room. He was taking longer than ever getting ready. “I’m pretty sure your hair is perfect by now.” “Well sue me if I want to look nice the first time I meet my future mother-in-law. After all it’s not like I asked her permission or anything.” Kaden was smiling, but she could tell he was nervous. “You’re supposed to ask the father for permission, not the mother. And he’s not around, hasn’t been in a long time, so I’

