Reassurance And Takeout

Chris nodded and wiped the tears from his face. "I wish we were all family... You all are better than dad was..."

Tam hugged her brother. "We are. And I promise to take care of you, always." Then she looked to the others as Chris began to visibly relax. "Thank you guys."

Chris nodded. "Thank..." Then he was out like a light.

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Max smirked. "Well... again... we'll deal with this when it finally rears its ugly head." He looked to the clock, it was still early enough they could order food. "How about we order something from doordash and try to relax? We'll go see Renee later tomorrow to start some sort of game plan." Then he looked to Bonnie and her mouse baby. "And if she's keeping that mouse I better not find mouse crap everywhere."