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Jenny, Parker, and Dale as well as Trace, Lucas, and Laci spoke fondly of the couple as they passed little Zoe Diane between them. This was family, and Michaela smiled as her fiancés relaxed and as the conversation flowed.
Rachel Gillespie-Langley brought over a big jug of sweet tea and set it on the table. Adam, Jake, and Ginny arrived with their three children and didnât take long to make their way over. Once greetings had been given, Ben took his younger twin brothers over to the play area, where there were kid-sized bits of fruits and veggies and, best of all, games.
âAny news on Cam and Linda?â Michaela asked.
âTheyâre at the hospital,â Adam said. âMomâs just making sure that theyâll be taken care of, and then she and the dads and Grandma Kate will arrive.â
That was another benefit of being considered family. When the wagons got circled, everyone ensured that whatever was needed was received.
Jake and Adam took time to head to the buffet. They came back with two trays. One plate and glass, Jake set in front of his wife.
âYou barely had a minute all day,â Adam said. âTime for you to relax.â
The look Ginny exchanged with each of her husbands made Michaelaâs heart happy. âIt was a good day, but I wonât say no to a bit of pampering. Thank you.â
âIâve had a phone call from Kramer,â Jake said. âThree of the rare coins he discovered will be auctioned at Sothebyâs next month, as a unit.â
Michaela hadnât fully understood the expertâs excitement at finding three exceptionally rare gold coins among the lot that had been buried under the Legacy Tree. Sheâd never been a collector of anything, in particular. But when Kramer Forrest had asked if he could first examine every coinâand when she understood how collectors would react to having the chance to acquire something theyâd dreamed ofâshe couldnât refuse. Kramer had found twenty fairly rare coins, in all. Some were to be sold, and some had already been donated to museums, both in the United States and in Europe.
They werenât in any real hurry for the money. Some of the coins had already been converted to cash. They had enough on hand to begin to build their house.
âI have no idea how these things go. Is three in one lot a thing?â
âI think the âthingâ is to own three,â Jake said. âI donât understand collectors, either, because we are not all given the same interests.â
âI have an update for you on Mr. Gowan,â Adam said. Then he turned to Terry. âIf you donât mind?â
âNo, I donât mind. Iâm still feeling guilty. I really had no idea just how greedy and selfish the man was or that I was bringing trouble to your doorstep.â
âYou didnât,â Lewis said. âIâd bet that if youâd refused to take him in, heâd have found another place to stay and he would most definitely have gone ahead with his plan, regardless.â
âLewis is absolutely right.â
Theyâd all been so engrossed in their conversations that none of them had seen Grandma Kate approach. The men, of course, got to their feet. Kate made sure she hugged everyone at the tableâeven Terry Gowan. Then Randy moved, giving her his seat between Michaela and Tammy.
âIâm so glad youâre here, Grandma Kate.â Michaela said.
âAnd Iâm so glad I get to call you granddaughter,â Kate Benedict said.
âIs there any news about Linda Drake, Grandma Kate?â Brittany asked.
âWeâre all praying, sweetheart, but it doesnât look good,â Kate said.
The nonagenarian settled in and then thanked Randy, whoâd fetched her a glass and brought with him a fresh pitcher of tea.
âLewis, what you said is exactly right.â Then she looked at Terry. âYou canât hold yourself responsible for the actions of your father. We all, each of us, must own our own actions, of course. But how others behave and react to the things that life tosses them, well, thatâs on them.â
âI think itâs going to take me a little time to let the guilt go,â Terry said. âBut I need to tell youâall of youâhow grateful I am for your forgiveness and your inclusiveness.â He turned to Adam. âWhatâs the update?â
âDevlin Gowan has made a plea deal with the prosecutor. Heâll be spending at least the next twenty years in prison. But itâll be at a minimum-security facility. His medical needs will be seen to, but he wonât be able to burn down any more housesâor shoot out any more power lines.â
Kate nodded. âI think that, and knowing heâll never see any of that gold, are justice enough.â
âIt is,â Adam said.
âWill you two be going into business with your cousins?â Kate looked at Lewis and then Randy.
âWeâre talking about it,â Lewis said. âThe most important thing is that weâve found our place.â
âThe reason the two of you came here in the first place,â Kate said. âYou were just going to visit, and then you were looking for the perfect piece of land.â
âWhat we didnât really know at the time,â Randy said, âwas that we werenât thinking of what we needed in the right terms. It was never really land we were looking for. We needed to belong. And weâve discovered that what we were looking forâour placeâis with Michaela and wherever she wants to be.â
âAnd I found that it wasnât heritage I was looking to hold on to but family I was craving to make. And I have thatâthe beginning of thatâwith the two of you.â
âThatâs the golden answer to life, and happiness, right there,â Kate said. âAs long as you love, and are loved in return, contentment and every other good thing can be yours. If you choose for it to be so.â
Michaela looked around the table, at family and near family. The restaurant overflowed with people she knew, people with whom, in just the last six months, sheâd formed a connection. Instead of being alone after the death of her father, she was in the heart of family.
But more, she had two men who loved
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