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other hand, loved to be around people.
    Violet's dad led her by the shoulders out the front door, where they were assaulted by the Arizona desert heat. As they walked further down her family's property, the welcoming party came into view.
    She cringed at the amount of people there. Not only was it her grandparents, aunts, and uncles, but it included her Aunt Naomi's side too, and she had a large family. A large and very loud family.
    Violet sighed.
    Her dad silently chuckled, giving her shoulder a shake, “You're just like me kid, except you have it easy. Your mom would kick my ass if I didn't stay for the whole thing.”
    Violet giggled, picturing it in her head. Noah Baxter was huge and not just to an eight-year-old. He towered over everybody in both height and size. Her mom was tiny, even more so when contrasted by her husband standing next to her. She was also the only one that could boss her husband around and get away with it.
    “Does it ever get easier?” Violet asked, a part of her wishing she could enjoy it more.
    “No.”
    That's one of a billion things Violet loved about her dad: he was always straightforward, never trying to sugarcoat things or tell you what he thought you wanted to hear.
    “Then why do you keep letting Mom force you to these things?” She complained, hoping to convince him not to go and make it okay for her to skip too.
    “See that?” He lifted his chin over to where his wife was happily talking with her mom. “She'll be smiling like that all day. I start getting irritated, all I have to do is look over at her and see that smile and how happy she is. It helps put things into perspective.”
    Violet nodded, not really understanding. Her mom had a pretty smile but it didn't help her want to be there.
    When they reached the group, Lily Baxter paused mid-conversation to smile and wave at them.
    Violet's dad gave his wife a small side-smile back. Then the two of them did what they always did and stared for a few long seconds before Noah let go of Violet to meet his wife, their eyes locked together. He wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her up for a kiss. They were always kissing. Violet thought it was gross.
    Violet traveled over to the guardrail to watch who was on the go-karts. The Baxters lived on a race track, their home set in the back for privacy. Noah and Lily Baxter had bought it before Violet was born. Their specialty (and what they were known for) was drifting. They offered lessons and a safe environment to compete. They also offered other classes and last year had bought go-karts, which was now one of the most popular attractions, as families loved to be able to come and do it together.
    Violet's sister, Magnolia, and brother, Wesley, were on the track, as well as their parents’ business partner, Malik King, and his three boys, Dalton, Xavier, and Brice.
    Violet was about to join them when she recognized her aunts' car coming down the long stretch of driveway that led to the track’s parking lot.
    Everybody stopped what they were doing to greet the guests of honor.
    They stared at the Stone family getting out of their Jeep.
    Violet felt sympathy for the two recently adopted kids. Growing up with no family and now having a mob of people ready to embrace and love you as though they'd known you your whole life sounded like a nightmare.
    The first one to get out was the seven-year-old girl, Ava. Her hands remained clasped in front of her and she kept her head down, her long hair curtaining her face.
    Aunt Stevie went over to Ava, whispering something into her ear that had Ava giggling and looking up to smile at her. Aunt Stevie smiled back, tucking her hair behind her ears.
    A door slammed shut, capturing Violet's attention. The other kid they had adopted, twelve-year-old Parker, stood next to the Jeep, looking even more annoyed to be there than Violet.
    Violet had already decided she didn't like him. She and her siblings had eavesdropped one night, finding out about all