“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen him like this,” Noelle said suddenly. She pointed to where her husband Binak and Star’s husband Demers watched on in silently. “Binak asked me if Nick hated them or something because he’s never once laughed like this with them.”
“Probably because there’s not pressure from them,” Twila pointed to where Curly was holding two beer in his hands and offering one to Nick. “They don’t think of him as anything other than family. Also, your family is a virtual powder keg. From the minute we met your mom, it’s been all tension all the time. Do you ever actually have conversations with him where it’s not about duty, responsibility or what the next job is? My husband met Nick and within ten minutes of meeting him, believed he made a friend for life. Nick gets to just b
