Just in time to see Georgy slide sideways off the chair and face plant on the gymnasium floor.
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Zach had known the really large number that this reunion was, but he had not shared that information with his kids, or anything about this reunion. None of their business, for sure not need-to-know, especially when he knew it would result in old-man jokes, nudges, and significant grins. He knew he was old, knew it better than any of them, better than any of them would—until they reached his age, which was no use to him now.
So it was ironic that three of his children had been first, second, and third responders to the scene.
Ingrid had arrived first, carrying in her EMT gear at a jog, the intent look an indication that she did not yet know her dad was here. She and her partner had not s
