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    Jaylyn’s eyes lit up and she jumped up from her chair to run to him. “Trever!”
    They hugged and he spun her around in his arms. “I missed you.”
    “We thought you were dead.”
    Trever laughed. “Close, a few times but—”
    Jaylyn’s demeanor completely changed. She went from happy to see him to hitting him repeatedly. “I can’t believe you! You said a year! That was almost two!”
    “Well, technically, it was only a year and a half.”
    The numbers didn’t seem to matter to her; she just kept hitting him. “Don’t ever do that again! I thought you had to be dead!”
    “Okay. Stop hitting me.” Trever took her wrists just so she would. “I told you I’d let you know if I was dead.”
    “It’d be more like you to think that I couldn’t handle it. I didn’t know what to think.”
    “Well, I’m here now. Everything is fine. Can you relax? You’re ruining my visit.”
    Jaylyn finally took a breath and hugged him again. “I’m sorry. I just missed you. You’ve kind of missed everything.”
    Trever smiled and looked over at the boys sitting together. “Not everything. He’s not grown up yet.”
    He was ready to go over but Jaylyn took his arm. “Wait. Don’t approach too quickly. He’s not use to strangers.”
    “Excuse me.” Trever pulled his arm away and sounded insulted. “I’m not a stranger.”
    “This is the first time he’s meeting you.”
    “Then why is it he knows who I am?”
    I looked at Bryce and he was just staring up at Trever. He very well could have known or at least knew Trever wasn’t going to be harmful from having that heavy resemblance to his mother. We couldn’t be sure of the truth but Trever seemed to know. He was probably reading his thoughts.
    “How could he?”
    “No offense but he gets his brain from me.”
    Jaylyn huffed to his over confidence. “From you? No. You weren’t involved at all. He gets it from me.”
    “No. You don’t carry the male gene of our family, I do.”
    “No. He gets it from his grandfather from whom he’s named.”
    Trever paused with a smile and looked between them. “Is that so?”
    “I thought it’d be suitable enough but you already knew about that, didn’t you?”
    “Of course. He’s already destined to be great with the blood of his father running through his veins. It’s only right that he has name that tells everyone so.”
    “Thank you.” Troy said. “Nice to see you.”
    Trever smiled and shook his hand. “Troy, and you. Zayden.”
    Zayden stood up and they shook hands too. “Glad to know you’ve made it back.”
    “Likewise, of course. Adele, you’re being awfully quite. Still your father’s daughter, I see.”
    She smiled and they walked around the table to each other. “Still won’t admit your his son, I see.”
    He laughed while they embraced. “Only history will tell.”
    “Some things will never change and you’ll be there like he would have wanted.”
    Trever smiled but saw Darius completely ignoring his presence. “But not like how everyone would have wanted. Isn’t that right, Darius?”
    I was surprised when he looked up. “It’s true some things will never change and it’s doubtful that they ever will.”
    I hit him in the shoulder but should have expected to hear something like that. “Stop it. He didn’t come here to fight with you.”
    “Only because I’d win.”
    Trever laughed. “You honestly believe that, don’t you? It’s still quite amusing.”
    “Are you challenging me?” Darius stood up.
    I stood in front of him and put my hand on his chest so he wouldn’t go any further as Trever was walking back around the table. “I wouldn’t dream of it.”
    “No guess as to why.”
    “True. With Ryon out of the picture you do over power me with your brute strength but when it comes to superior intelligence, I think we all know who resides on the higher end.”
    Darius was just getting madder and he tried taking a step closer but I stopped him. “No. Go put your