“Well, Alex and I need to help pick up,” Luke said. “Shall we all meet at my house in a little while?”
“We’re going to have to pass on that,” Pat said. “We need to pick up a couple things while we’re in town, and we may as well do that now.”
“All right. We’ll see you at five, then.”
“There’s that ‘we’ again,” Aeli remarked. “And I thought the most exciting part of today would be the Wolves taking home the championship, but I know my favorite part was what happened after the game.” Aelissm hugged him tightly. “All joking aside, Luke, congratulations… on the game and kissing Ryan in front of a few thousand people.”
“You just can’t say something nice without teasing me, can you,” Luke said fondly.
“You know I only do it because I love you.”
“I know. And I love you, too, Aunt Aeli. I’ll
