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as she placed a hand on her son’s back. “For the moment. It won’t last. He eats almost every hour on the hour.”
    “Sounds a lot like Jake.” Her cousin was and always had been a bottomless pit when it came to food. How the guy never gained weight amazed her.
    “You know my husband well.” Charlie managed to get the words out right before a yawn escaped.
    Unable to help herself, Allison walked around to the bassinet for a better look at Garret. Sound asleep, he looked like the most peaceful baby on Earth, with a full head of light blond hair and tiny fingers, which were curled up in a fist. “He’s beautiful. Did you decide on a middle name?” When Jake called and announced they’d had a boy, he’d told her they were still going back and forth on a middle name.
    “Ruari, after Ma’s dad.”
    “Garret Ruari Sherbrooke. Sounds nice together,” Allison said, watching the little bundle move but not wake up. “Garret? Isn’t that Aunt Elizabeth’s father’s name?” She’d heard the name somewhere before, but she wasn’t positive where.
    “No, it’s Elizabeth’s grandfather’s name. So Jake’s great grandfather. Some of Jake’s other ancestors have it too. I guess it was originally a surname and someone decided to use as a first name generations ago. Believe or not, when we told Elizabeth his name yesterday, she cried.”
    She’d only seen her Aunt Elizabeth cry a handful of times. If a simple name made her cry, it must mean a great deal to her. “Has she been in today too?”
    “She promised to stop in later this afternoon before the fundraiser.”
    She’d make sure she was gone before then. While she loved her aunt, she didn’t love the secret service agents who accompanied her everywhere. Not that she had anything against them personally. It was just the fact that they were around. Ever since her Uncle Warren first decided to run for president, the agents had become a permanent part of his life as well as his wife’s and, to some extent, his children’s lives. While Jake had told them to take a hike not long after Uncle Warren took office, her cousin Sara still had agents assigned to her. Whenever they went out together, the agents weren’t far behind, making her grateful her Uncle Warren and not her father resided in the White House.
    Unfortunately, secret service agents would be at the fundraiser tonight. Nothing under the sun would keep Aunt Elizabeth from a fundraiser supporting Jake’s foundation.
    Charlie readjusted her position in bed and winced but didn’t complain. “Ma and Sean will be back later today too and they’ll stay a while. They’re leaving on Monday, so Sean will probably have to drag Ma out of here tonight.”
    She’d only met Charlie’s mother and brother once, but they’d both seemed nice and Jake only said good things about them. “Garret’s her first grandchild, right?”
    “Yeah, but I don’t think she’ll have to wait long for another. My brother is getting married this summer and his fiancée is anxious to start a family.” A cry came from the bassinet and Charlie reached in for her son. “Since Ma and Sean will be here tonight, I’m trying to convince Jake to at least stop in the fundraiser and make an appearance.”
    “And I told you’d I’d think about it.” Jake entered the room carrying a tray of food. “If I’m not there, Allison will be. She can give my speech. She helped me write it anyway.” After putting down the tray, he hugged her before he looked at Charlie. “They didn’t have any French fries, so I got you onion rings.”
    Allison’s heart melted as she watched her cousin first kiss his wife’s cheek and then place a kiss on his son’s head. “And just about everything else in the cafeteria,” Allison joked, eyeing the tray Jake carried in.
    “Only about half of what’s in the cafeteria is edible, and you never know which items that’ll be. It’s safer to grab a little of everything and save yourself a trip