“My beautiful stepbrother.” She added a winking face emoji. “We look good together.”
Megan returned with the non-alcoholic mixture in wine glasses and a sippy cup for Colin. “I’m running to the grocery store and I’ll bring the baby with me. Can you keep an eye on Colin and Katrina?”
“Tell Kat to play down here, so I’m not running up and down the stairs to check on her,” Kent said.
“Okay. Be back in twenty.” She kissed Colin and Kent before leaving the room.
Kent clicked off the TV and raised a goblet. “To Savannah, for saving our butts.”
The two men clinked glasses and drank down the sparkling beverage.
“Alright, let’s see the photo,” Kent said.
Zander handed him his phone.
“That’s Vanna? She’s beautiful.”
“She goes by Savannah now, and yeah, she is. Look at me. I’m wearing jeans, and I can’t stop smiling.”
Both men laughed.
“So, what’s happening with you two?”
“I don’t know where to start.” Zander offered Colin a Lego block. “You need this one, buddy.”
The youngster snatched the long, blue piece.
“Colin, what do you say to Uncle Zander?” Kent asked.
“Tanks.”
“Good job,” Kent said. “Hey, Zander, it’s me you’re talking to.”
Zander added blocks to Colin’s tower. “You know I’m a rule follower.”
“Always have been. What does that have to do with Savannah?”
“Having a—” he glanced at Colin—“aninterpersonalrelationship with a family member felt taboo.”
“But you’renotrelated.”
“No, we’re not. But she was my stepsister for eight years and the only family I have.”
“How’d you work through it?”
“Short answer? I couldn’t imagine my life without her.” Zander handed Colin another block.
“Tank you.”
Zander patted the tyke’s back. “Sure thing, buddy.”
“Good job, Colin,” Kent said.
“Having her in my life outweighs what other people might think.” Zander shot his friend a smile. “Plus, my gut tells me she’s the one.”
“Then she must be,” Kent said. “Because your gut is rarely wrong.”
