Terrence watched with wet eyes.

There was no sudden declaration of a perfect family.

The children did not all run to embrace him.

Mason still called him Terrence, and Wyatt sometimes forgot to include him in a game.

Savannah was more openly affectionate; Delilah preferred to take things at her own pace.

That mixture was healthy.

They were four different people, and they were allowed four different relationships with the man who had finally arrived.

PART 14