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waved at Kaylee.
    Kaylee waved back. She
smiled as she watched Jackson wiggle and tilt his body at a
precarious angle, while Jeremy clung on for dear life and shrieked in
delight. The toddler was a thrill-seeker, a real dare-devil. She
knew that Jeremy wasn't Jackson's biological son since Jackson was a
bear shifter not a lion shifter. But she saw that Jackson was
Jeremy's dad, truly, completely and forever. The bond between
Jackson and Jeremy was strong and true. They were such a beautiful,
wonderful family.
    Her hospital room was filled
with excited voices and raucous laughter. They were making so much
noise, but it was the most joyful noise Kaylee had heard in a long
time. A nurse poked her head in and warned them to keep it down but
she didn't chase them out.
    Laughter was after all the
best medicine.
    As Kaylee chatted with
Gramma, Ne-ma and their four granddaughters-in-law, she forgot all
about the aches and pains in her body. All she could feel was the
feeling of family.
    She missed the warmth, the
closeness, the laughter, the ribbing and bickering. She hadn't
realized how much she missed having a family, a real, loving,
supportive family.
    She had traveled a long way
from the city, not knowing where she was going.
    But Ne-ma was right. In the
end, she had found her way home.

CHAPTER
EIGHT

    Winston was finishing up his
paperwork when he saw Aidan leaning against the doorjamb. Winston
always kept the door to his office open so that his deputies could
come into his office and talk to him any time of the night and day.
    Sometimes they needed his
advice on the cases they were handling. Sometimes they just wanted
to talk, about what was going on in their lives. He always listened
and he never shut anybody out. He was always objective, fair and he
could size up a person and a situation pretty quickly and accurately.
    Winston waved Aidan to a
chair. “What's up?”
    Aidan sat down and said
casually, “Kaylee is being discharged from the hospital today.”
    “I...yes. Y-yes, I
heard.” Winston wondered briefly why he was stammering. His
lion seemed to sit up and take notice at the mere mention of Kaylee's
name.
    “None of my brothers
are free to drive Ne-ma and Gramma to the hospital. And I'm on
duty,” Aidan carried on. His innocent tone told Winston that
his intentions weren't so innocent. Aidan and his family were up to
something.
    “Can you picture two
impatient elderly witches who enjoy muttering spells under their
breath, stuck in midday traffic?” Aidan went on ominously.
“Someone might get turned into a toad.”
    Winston gave a crooked smile
as he rubbed his chin. “I think I remember calls being made to
the Station because a large pumpkin was obstructing traffic some time
back.”
    “That large pumpkin was
Peter's car. He was road-hogging and Ne-ma was in a hurry,”
Aidan deadpanned and glanced at his watch. “Your shift ended
half an hour ago, right? You've been here all night.”
    Winston pushed back from his
desk and logged off his computer. “All right. I'll give
Gramma and Ne-ma a lift to the hospital.”
    As he left his office,
Winston said over his shoulder, “Don't think I don't know what
you're doing.”
    Aidan took a big slurp of his
coffee and answered smugly, “I'm just doing my duty, Sheriff.
I'm being a helpful police officer!”

CHAPTER
NINE

    Kaylee looked up as the
hospital room door opened and Gramma and Ne-ma rushed in.
    “Oh, I thought we're
late,” Ne-ma said breathlessly.
    “Winston had his siren
on, so everyone moved out of the way for us,” Gramma chuckled.
    “Winston?” Kaylee
stuttered and unconsciously smoothed her hand over her hair. She
should have combed her hair and slicked on a coat of lipstick. She
looked pale and ungroomed. But she didn't know the Sheriff would be
coming to fetch her from the hospital. Why did she feel so pleased
and nervous about seeing Winston?
    “Yeah. Winston gave us
a lift. He'll drive us all back to the inn. He's