“Daddy? Are you okay?” Zoe asked. “Are you sick?” “No.” Lucas shook his head. No doubt he had also gone pale. “So you got to meet Auntie Macey, huh?” “Yep! And then we met Auntie Ava at the mall and we went shopping for dresses!” Zoe bounced in her seat. “I got a special dress to match mommy’s! Auntie Macey says there is going to be a big party and me and Daisy get to go!” Lucas chuckled. She had to be talking about the DaLair Mixer. It had become a summer tradition to celebrate Julius, Macey and the kids’ return to the States. Though they visited whenever they could during the kids’ seasonal breaks summer was definitely the most anticipated but even that was not enough for the DaLair patriarch. From what Lucas heard Augustus was leaving his eldest son in charge more and more to run off

