Seren
Several hours later, Julian was knocking at our conference room door.
“Hello, ladies. Are you ready to come up for air yet?” He was laughing as he pulled Kayla out of her chair and into a hug. I smiled at them. It was so nice to see how happy Kayla was, and Julian was clearly besotted.
“It’s just about time for dinner, so I thought I’d come escort you down to the dining hall,” he said.
Duncan’s mom, Catriona, just laughed. “I think I could have gotten us all there just fine, Julian,” she teased. She has been nothing but nice to me so far, telling me to call her Cat until I’m comfortable calling her Mom, and letting me know that she’s ridiculously happy to have me join their family. She and my mother have apparently had a friendship for years, and they had spent the time since t
