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“If I decided to move in, I wouldn’t feel comfortable not paying you,” Morgan said.

“We can work something out.And if you do live there, your sisters will have a place to stay when they visit.Which I hope will be often.”

“That is not a selling point,” Morgan said, smiling.

“Are you for real?”Abby said to Brian.

“I think so,” Brian said, pinching himself.“Or this is the best dream I’ve ever had.”

Morgan, Charlie, and Abby beamed at each other.

“Dad, I don’t know what to say,” Morgan said.

“You called me Dad,” Brian said.

“Is that okay?”Morgan said.

“It’s more than okay,” Brian’s smile matched theirs.

Abby looked around the table at her sisters and father and knew nothing would ever be the same.And that was the greatest thing any of them could have hoped for.