Page 13 of I Saw Mommy Kissing Biker Claus

“Are there wild animals in the campgrounds?”

“Yes.”

I can’t really elaborate on that one. Are there wild animals? Yes. But that’s also a question that has a flip side to it. Shifters. The Athanasiou and Nikolaidis families are shifters. If Leighton chooses to stay with me, she’ll learn about them soon enough.

The first ones out to meet us are Isabella and Luciana.

“Those are my sisters.” I smile as they come running.

“O. M. G. You’re gorgeous! Way too pretty for Valentino,” Isabella teases as she hugs Leighton. “I’m Isabella.”

“I’m Luciana.”

We head to the barbecue area where everyone’s waiting for us. One by one, I introduce her to them.

“Don’t worry about remembering names right away. It can be overwhelming,” I whisper to her.

“There are more people here than I thought there would be. Are they really all family?”

“To me they are. And now they’re yours and Davis’ family too. Anything you need, they’re here for you—and for Davis.”

“It’s always been just me, Lynton, Levi and Kayla. I don’t even know what it would be like to have so many people to rely on.”

“Well now you will, no matter what you need. From a babysitter to getting a ride somewhere. Family.”

I look over to where Davis is sitting with Grayson and my mam. She looks so happy and Davis is laughing. I wrap my arm around Leighton’s waist and kiss the top of her head. She leans into me and leans her head on my chest. It feels so right to hold her. My mam looks up and smiles at us. We see Isabella walking over to us. I know she wanted to talk to Leighton.

“I hope it’s okay, Bella wanted to talk to you,” I whisper to her.

“It’s okay, I’d like to talk to her too.” She smiles up at me.

“I have a few things I need to do, I’ll be back.” I kiss her and tell Isabella to be nice.

Leighton

There are so many people here. I loved meeting Valentino’s family, his mam gave me a hug just like the first time I met her. And his sisters are so nice, they remind me of my twin. I need to call her and let her know what’s been going on. She’s going to love Lake Renegade. Every time Valentino talks about us living together it makes me feel happy. But I worry that maybe he’s a little crazy. I like him, but living together is a huge step.

I never really thought about settling down, but he makes me want to. But I’m still not sure this is where Davis and I should be. My twin lives close to me now, how will she react if I tell her I’m going to move here? I need to talk to her first.

“So what do you think about moving here?” Isabella asks me.

“To be honest, I’m not sure yet. I love your town, but I have a twin sister and I need to talk to her first. She lives near me now and if I move here—we’ve never lived this far apart.”

“What does she do?”

“Lynton is a third grade teacher. She’s been at her school for two years now.”

“That’s awesome. We need teachers at our school…” she winks at me.

I chuckle. “I’ll be sure to mention that when I call her.”

“Does she know how the test turned out?”

I shake my head no.

“I planned to call her tonight, but Valentino said we were invited to a barbecue. The hard part about me moving here is I don’t know what I would do for work. And I don’t have enough in savings yet, so that makes me nervous.”

“I understand. What do you do now? And is there anything you want to do?”

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