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Cassandra and Trevor are sitting on the couch drinking coffee making googly eyes at each other. “Good morning.”
Cassandra and Trevor turn and smirk at us. Luke looks up at me. “You slept late, Mommy.”
Cassandra smiles. “She sure did. She must be well rested.”
I jokingly scowl at her, and her smile only increases.
I make my way around to kiss all the kids good morning. When I get to Matteo, he holds on to my neck, so I lift him along with Trex. I rub his nose with mine. “Did you have a fun sleepover party?”
Of course I’m expecting a nod, but in a little, cute voice, he says, “Yes.”
I snap my head toward Dominic. His eyes are wide and start to fill with tears.
He kisses Matteo on the cheek. “You have the most beautiful voice. I hope we get to hear it more often.”
Matteo softly responds, “Okay.”
Dominic visibly swallows.
Valentina harrumphs and crosses her arms. “Luke, you’re wrong.”
“No, I’m not. That’s what it says on the card.You’rewrong.”
I run my fingers through Luke’s hair. “What’s wrong, baby?”
He looks up. “The question waswhat’s the capital of the state you live in?”
Valentina nods. “And I said,Harrisburg. I know for a fact that I’m right.”
Luke holds up the card. “See, Mommy, that’s not what it says the answer is.” He points to the answer. “It reads,will vary,is the answer.”
Cassandra and Trevor start laughing. Dominic and I smirk at each other before I look back at Luke and Valentina. “Well, you’re both right. The capital isHarrisburg, and the card does readwill vary. Luke, honey, it means it will vary by state.”
He puts his head down. “Oh.”
Valentina has a huge, satisfied grin.
Trevor nods toward the kitchen. “There’s coffee in there. We need to leave in a little bit for the game.”
“Thanks.”
Placing Matteo back in front of the puzzle, I see Trevor silently tell Luke to fix his hair. I give him a disapproving look and he winks at me.
Dominic and I walk into my kitchen, where he pulls me into an embrace. He whispers, “Did you hear Matteo?”
“I did.”
He smiles as he softly kisses my lips.
Trevor and Cassandra walk in. Dominic doesn’t seem to care and continues to hold me close and softly kiss me.
We pull apart only when Cassandra hands us mugs of coffee.
I look around at my spotless kitchen. “Wow, Trevor, thank you for cleaning up.”
He shrugs. “The kids did most of it.”
I let out a laugh. “I doubt that.”
