Blaze:
Ryder was stomping around in the grass with that serious little face he gets when he’s “on a mission.” I leaned back against the porch rail, watching him chase a ladybug with all the intensity of a Navy SEAL. Kat was inside making lunch, her humming drifting through the open window like the soundtrack to a damn perfect moment.
And then I heard it—boots slapping across the grass, a little whirlwind coming our way.
“Uncle Blaze!” Phoenix hollered as Saint set her down, both of them breathless and laughing.
Saint looked like he’d run a mile through hell in ten seconds flat.
“Mama peed so I get brother today!” Phoenix announced proudly, chest puffed like she just won a medal.
I laughed so hard I nearly choked. “What?”
Saint looked like a man defeated. “She means Shay’s water brok
