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today. Get to know them, and you and their aunt can figure out how to work out whatever happens next. With her dad living in Virginia and only here for a week here and there, it sounds like she’s had to be a single parent. I’m betting she’ll appreciate the help.”
    “What should I tell them when they want to know who Clara is? Chloe’s name is so close, it’s just…. it’s hard.”
    “Tell them it’s a very sad story and you don’t want make anyone sad on this beautiful day, and then change the subject.”
    I nodded and hugged her, and she hugged me back. Harmony is one of the few women I respect, but we had to walk through fire to get to this point. We’d had a rocky start but she’s now one of the few females I trust with a weapon around me. I don’t even hug the women I have sex with, but Harmony insists on hugs when she sees me.
    We walked back together arm in arm, and she sat beside Brain while I took my spot beside Declan.
    “Who’s Clara?” Chloe asked.
    “Clara’s story is a sad one, and I don’t want to make anyone sad while we’re eating this wonderful meal you helped your aunt cook. Instead, why don’t you tell me what you’re learning in school?”
    She wrinkled her nose. “I like learning to read, but I don’t like adding things.”
    When we finished eating, I cleaned Declan’s hands with a baby wipe while Connie took care of Chloe’s. I was about to tell the kids I’d brought squirt guns when she said, “I brought their skates, if ya’ll would like to walk our dinner off? The Riverwalk is perfect for them to skate on.”
    “How do you keep up with them?” I couldn’t imagine what these two might do with wheels on their feet.
    She laughed. “They’re still learning, so they’re slower on wheels than off, for now.”
    We packed everything up, stowed it all away, and I helped Chloe with her skates while Connie helped Declan. Chloe’s feet were so tiny, and it reminded me again how fragile she is.
    She’d eventually be a full werewolf, and much tougher, but for now she was susceptible to a bullet, or a knife, or even a swinging baseball bat.
    I set those thoughts aside as I asked about her favorite color, her favorite doll, and whether she liked to have tea parties.
    Connie double-checked my lacing job, and I could tell she was making sure they were tight enough for support but not so much it’d cut off circulation. She apparently approved, and we set the kids on the concrete.
    “Brain and I are going to hang out down on the dock while ya’ll walk,” Harmony said.
    I nodded, understanding they felt this might be better with fewer people, and we were on our way.
    We started out with Chloe holding my hand for balance, while the Sergeant Major held Declan’s.
    Chloe let go of mine for a bit, then held it again, and finally let go for good. I got the feeling Declan only let go because his sister had, but before long he was going along mostly okay, too. They both fell a few times, but got right up and kept going.
    We were gone about an hour, and when we returned to Brain and Harmony, Connie said, “We’ve had a big day. We should go.”
    “Aren’t daddies supposed to live with their little girl? Annabell’s daddy lives with her, and he reads her stories and tucks her in at night.”
    “Katie’s dad doesn’t,” Declan said, his little eyes so serious. “She’s sad now because she can only see her daddy on weekends because he has his own house now.”
    They both looked to me for an answer, and I went to my knees again and told them, “I’d love to be able to read you bedtime stories and tuck you in, and maybe someday that can happen, but we’ve only just met. I love you both already, and I hate to have to say goodbye, but we’ll see each other again soon. Can I have hugs?”
    They both threw their arms around me and I closed my eyes, overtaken with emotion once again.
    They didn’t let go, and I didn’t want to, but after much longer than a normal hug should