Page 413 of Under Her Skin

“Not that much,” Enda joked in a stage-whisper. Sera stuck her tongue out at her dad, knowing he was teasing her. He took Sera from his wife’s arms and hugged her. Ama embracedInca.

Inca smiled at them both. “Well, don’t you look …radiant.” She grinned, obviously guessing exactly what they had done on their vacation. Ama smiled and winked ather.

“You knowit.”

Sera moaned to be held by her mother again, so Enda handed her over. “Have you been good for AuntieInca?”

Sera nodded. “Auntie Inca was going to have a baby, then the lady said she wanted to keep it, so Auntie Inca said she would give the girl a job and her boyfriend needed to give his ass away, or it would falloff.”

Inca gaped at Sera as Enda and Raff burst into laughter. Ama looked both amused and confused. She grinned at Inca’s red face and nodded towards her daughter. “Ears on sticks, brains like sponges,” she told her friend and tucked her hand under Inca’sarm.

“How about we go inside and talk aboutit?”

And the two families—who were really one family—went inside to talk, and laugh, andlove.

The End.