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towards Craig.
     
    The old man walked through the door and didn’t stop even as Craig yelled back at him. “No. I think we are done, Stephan.” This time, there was no family sentiment in front of the name. Keeara turned to see the anger flaring from Craig. He excused himself quickly and left the room. She turned towards her mother.
     
    “Hello, Mom.”
     
    Lynn Murray smiled at her daughter and took her by the hand. “Whoo. Some asses never die. Now I am just glad that your father didn't get here yet. That would have gotten pretty ugly. He’s bringing your grandfather and Lewis.” She smiled at her daughter again when her eyes widened.
     
    “Oh no, Momma. I could see Grandpa in here with Stephan Jenkins. Oh lord, he may be just as bad as Stephan. I don’t want to do this right now, Momma.”
     
    “Tough. It is time your grandfather met the man you have been spending all your time with and see that he is not like the rest of them.”
     
    Keeara groaned loudly as Craig walked back in. She heard a car door shut and then tiny footsteps running into the room.
     
    “Momma!” She had barely composed herself before she was almost knocked over by one big bundle of energy. She hugged her son tight and kissed him on the forehead. Looking up at her, he started talking all at once. “Grandpa's here and Great Grandpa and we went fishing and cooked the fish and we have lunch and I get to meet your boyfriend and does he like baseball and grandpa said I can have a puppy.”
     
    “Okay. Hold on. Slow down, little man. One thing at a time.” She looked up to see her father and grandfather walk into the room.
     
    “Grandpa.” She walked into the older man's arms and hugged him close.
     
    “Hello, princess. How’s work going? You know I thought you were on vacation and going to spend some time with this old man.”
     
    “I know, Grandpa. I’m sorry. It has just been so behind here that I have gotten caught up.” “That's fine, dear. I'm just glad it's making you happy. I'm happy I can even get a glimpse of you. You know your siblings aren’t as pretty.” She laughed at him as she stepped back.
     
    “Grandpa, this is Craig, my boss.” She said it as she gave him a warning smile. He smiled at her and stepped over to the young man.
     
    Jack Murray looked the man over and thought gruffly about how he didn’t resemble any of the Jenkins. Then he remembered that his great grandfather had been adopted and he wasn’t any blood relation. He held out his hand deciding that he would come to his own conclusion about the young man. “Jack Murray.”
     
    The young man held his hand out and shook the older man’s. His eyes held a wariness as if he was waiting for something to happen. “Craig Jenkins. It’s nice to meet you, sir.” The older man nodded just as Craig felt a pulling on his jacket. Looking down he saw a little face that looked remarkably like Keeara’s looking up at him. He had a mess of dark brown hair and a smile that was missing one of his front two teeth.
     
    The little boy held his hand out to him. “The name’s Lewis Murray, sir.” Craig shook the little hand and was amazed as he watched his own hand almost swallow it whole.
     
    “Well hello, Lewis. Hey did I hear that you like baseball?”
     
    “Oh yes, sir. Me and my daddy used to roll the ball around the floor when I was little. Or so Momma tells me. Do you like baseball?”
     
    “Well, as a matter of fact, I do. Actually, I have to do a story on the baseball game this weekend. If your momma doesn’t mind, you two can join me for the game.”
     
    Keeara watched as Craig talked to her son. He didn’t know it yet, but he had just won her son over completely. Lewis ran to her excitedly. “Can we, Momma? Huh can we? Pleeeeease! I’ll eat all my vegetables all week. Pleeeease!”
     
    “Okay, okay, Lewis, but you need to calm down a little bit.”
     
    “How 'bout lunch? I made fried chicken, potato salad and fruit salad with