This brought another chuckle from the group as she looked at Augustus with expectant eyes. He cleared his throat, “I’m March and Julius’s father, which makes Caden, Aria, Coda and Lyra my grandchildren.” “You’re their grandpa?” she asked. “That’s right. You can call me grandpa too if you like.” “Yea! Just like grandpa Tailor!” Zoe clapped bouncing excitedly and earned amused but sad smiles from the group. It was clear the little girl loved meeting people and expanding her family. She seemed almost starved for familial connections that she would likely never receive from her actual blood relatives considering the fact Sarah was estranged from her own family and Lucas’s was better left forgotten. “Where are Uncle Si and Auntie Ava and everyone else?” Zoe asked. “They are over here,”

