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Zach and Alyssa joined Ethan, Carli, Fiona, and Ian for dinner. Easy conversation flowed throughout the meal. Fiona was asked many questions regarding her previous jobs and her favorite thing about each city in which she had lived and worked.
“But her most loved place is Seattle,” Ian stated.
“Oh? Why is that?” Alyssa asked, enjoying being around a child the age she hoped to teach one day.
“Because that’s where I was born.”
“And I met you for the first time,” Fiona finished, her hand lovingly stroking Ian’s hair.
“I guess that makes Centennial my favorite city,” Carli said with a smile at Ian, her own hand resting on her belly.
Ian smiled back at her, and Carli felt the boy of ten years was wiser than most men twice his age. He looked a little like Shaun, but with paler hair and b
