He’d given up a precious night with Flame to keep peace in the family and he was already regretting it. He only got to see her on the weekends, just enough to leave him hungry for more. Now he’d had to cancel one of those and he wasn’t too happy about it. He let his eyes roam over the crowd in the back yard. Livy had set up her iPod in a docking station with speakers so music provided background noise, mingling with the buzz of conversation. He had to grin at the sight of Alex playing Mr. Barbecue at the grill and Livy, the icon of the corporate female, fussing with appetizers and making sure everyone was taken care of. He’d never thought to see either of his brothers so immersed in such domestic bliss but it certainly seemed to agree with them. Josh, helping Alex at the grill, looked up every few minutes to see where his wife was. Every time Ness turned to look at him, he got a loopy grin on his face. Apparently this was what they wanted for him. And just as apparently, his sisters-in-law didn’t think him capable of finding it on his own.
