She was sitting at the kitchen table pretending her mother was not smirking at the other end while she sipped a cup of coffee. Max boldly descended the stairs, grunted at her for leaving him to sleep all alone and then said he’d be back in ninety minutes to go on their hike.
He then passed her the phone she left on her nightstand and smirked telling her Douglas had called and he’d answered it. “Call him back and I’ll smack your ass,” he’d said before kissing the top of her head and Everly’s cheek and wishing her a good morning. He winked as he bounded out the front door as if it was natural for him to be there first thing in the morning.
“You let him sleep up there?” Everly hissed with wide eyes. “Really?”
“They were both there, Mom. Ollie was there and so was Max. You started it by tel
