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“Okay. I’ll see you up there. You are so adorable.” I smiled at Isabella.
“Ava, please. My wife is standing right here.” Conner smiled.
“Ignore him, Ava.” Charlotte rolled her eyes.
“You’re adorable too, Conner.” I patted his chest.
CHAPTER20
Grayson
“Can I talk to you for a minute, Charlotte?”
“Sure. What’s up? Conner, can you please take the baby in one of the rooms and put her in her pajamas?”
“On it, babe.”
“Freya was out.”
“When?” Her brows furrowed.
“When I was playing California Dreaming. She told me that Ava started having a flashback, so she fronted. Did you know her mother is alive?”
“Yeah. Charles told me before he passed away. Did Freya say why the song was a trigger?”
“She said it was the song her mother used to play over and over again upstairs. She also said that as long as that woman is alive, Ava can never remember what happened.”
“She told you that?”
“Yeah.”
“Interesting. Thanks for telling me, Grayson.”
“Where is her mother?” I asked.
“California State Penitentiary. Don’t say anything to Ava about it.”
“I won’t.”
I went up on the deck just as we docked. Walking over to where Ava was talking to Georgia, Sofia, and Charleigh, I grabbed hold of her hand.
“Ready for IN-N-OUT?”
“Oh, my God, that sounds so good!” Charleigh exclaimed. “Christian, can we stop at IN-N-OUT on the way home?”
“Not good for the heart, babe,” he shouted from across the boat.
“Shit. Too bad. We’re stopping anyway.” Charleigh smiled. “I’ll see you two tomorrow at Aunt Barb’s.”
We ate all of our burgers and fries in the car on the way to my house. When we arrived back at my house, I grabbed a bottle of wine and two wine glasses and took them out to the patio, where Ava was already in the pool.
“For you, madame.” I handed her a glass.
“Thank you, sir.” She smiled.
I climbed into the pool with my glass and stood next to her.
“So, what did you think about today?”
