Uncle Ron's birthday is in two days and Mum would be arriving with Sophia and Riley today via our helicopter. Not that they traveled down to Arizona with it. It went to pick them up at the airport while I was obliged by Mum to accompany Uncle Liam to our private hanger to pick them up with his truck.

She had called a day before to notify me of their arrival and honestly that news had ruined my mood. I wasn't ready to face either Mum or Riley. Especially Riley. I spent hours thinking about how to approach and convince him to agree with me that we don't want to...