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"Hey!" Boston yelled above the roar. "Do you know how intimidating it would be to have fifty strangers invade them all at once?"

"There's not fifty of us. Thirty tops, counting all the aunts, uncles and cousins," someone said just as another person retaliated with, "But we're family."

"They still don't know you," Boston argued. "So stay away for a while, okay? As soon as I work out custody with Ellie, I'll bring Cassidy out and you can all meet her one household at a time."

"Your father and I get to meet her first," Diane inserted before anyone else could call dibs.

"Oh, oh! Cam and me second," Olivia said quickly, lifting her hand and wiggling her fingers.

"So, when will you be working out custody issues?"

Cameron wanted to know.

"I figure I'll whip up a draft tonight and run the basic plan by Helena in the morning to see what she thinks." He glanced at his older sister, who was also a lawyer.

She nodded in affirmation. "Of course. I'll help any way I can."

"Then I'll approach Ellie tomorrow evening when I go out there again," he added. "Cassie wants me to take her to Chuck E. Cheese's."

"Tomorrow?" Diane gasped. "You're seeing her again tomorrow? Well, good. We'll come with you."

"No! No, I already told you, you're going to scare her."

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"Hey, it's a free country. If I show up at the Chuck E.

Cheese's in Lawrence tomorrow, how're you going to stop me?"

Boston sighed, already well aware he fought a losing battle.

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Chapter Six

At five till noon the next day, Nora Young swept into Winston Young's law office where her brother-in-law stood over Ellie's desk, giving her last-minute instructions before he went to lunch.

r /> "Table it, Winston," Nora interjected. "Ellie can't work through her dinner hour for you today. I'm taking her out to eat."

"But—"

"The girl's going to shrivel up and starve if you keep denying her a break."

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