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be a complete and total disaster. “Well, my repertoire of kid games is limited to Duck, Duck, Goose and Red Rover, which I’m pretty sure are both illegal now because of liability issues. And heaven forbid they need someone to do laundry. I don’t even buy white things because they end up pink. Basically, I haven’t the slightest idea how normal families function.”
    Marie shifted Oscar to her other shoulder. She walked around and thrust the envelope into Kelsey’s unguarded hand, then gave her a gentle smile. “Maybe it’s time you learned.”

Chapter Three
    Ross stood in front of the large office window, cell phone to his ear, taking in the incredible view of distant mountain peaks cutting a jagged line across the cloudless sky. He’d only been in Colorado for twelve hours, and still hadn’t adjusted to looking out a window and seeing mountains instead of skyscrapers, or feeling an endless canopy of blue sky stretching over him instead of buildings looming all around.
    He waited for his sister Melissa’s answering machine to pick up before he started speaking. “Hey, ’Lis, it’s Ross. Hope little Lizzie slept well last night. I’m just calling to say that I arrived in Denver and the kids are fine. Jenna got off to China this morning without a hitch. If you see Mom this morning can you tell her I called? I’ll call back later this week.”
    As he hung up, it occurred to him that it was almost eleven on the East Coast, and his niece Lizzie, who had been born a scant six weeks before, was probably going down for her midmorning nap. It would be hard to remember that he now had two time zones between him and the rest of his family.
    Add it to the list of things to adjust to…
    Feeling at home in Denver would take time, he knew. After all, it had only been three days ago that Jenna had phoned him, panicked and teary because she’d been asked to fly to China to deal with an unhappy client who couldn’t get their software to work. Tying up his affairs so he could fly out two days later had been intense, to say the least. But what alternative had he had? They had talked about sending the kids back to New York for the month, but Ross hadn’t liked the idea. The move to Denver had been hard enough as it was; he refused to put the kids through it twice.
    His phone dinged a moment later. It was an e-mail from his brother Brit.
    How’s the Mile High City? You know you’ve got to get a babysitter when you hit the bars tonight, right?
    Ross rolled his eyes. He hated typing on the tiny phone screen, so he sat down at Jenna’s desk and turned on her desktop computer. After clicking through to his e-mail account, he typed a quick response.
    Really? I had no idea! By the way, I’m sure you were concerned, so I’ll let you know that the kids are fine and Colorado is beautiful. You and Tori and Paddy should come out for a visit sometime.
    Of course, he knew Brit was joking—mostly. But deep down, Ross suspected that his brother still saw him as if he were back in high school, quarterback of the football team and dating his way through the cheerleading squad. The brothers had always had a not-entirely-friendly sibling rivalry, fueled by the fact that they were only a year apart in school, and always seemed drawn to the same girls. Brit, who had taken on a mantle of responsibility at a young age, thought Ross was an irresponsible playboy, while Ross thought his brother took life way too seriously.
    Then, at the end of senior year, Ross’s girlfriend Jenna had turned up pregnant. They’d married a few weeks after graduation, just before Jenna started to show. The baby had died a few hours after he was born. He’d had severe genetic abnormalities that would have made life next to impossible, but it had still broken both of their hearts. Ross’s father had gently suggested divorcing a few months later, but Ross couldn’t imagine leaving the woman who had carried his child. Jenna had miscarried another child a couple