Atlas noticed my hesitation and looked at me skeptically, asking, “What’s wrong? You don’t want to?”

Since I had to devise an excuse, I said, “Ava should spend more time with Grace. We can discuss moving to your place later, but Molly can stay here for now since I have many rooms downstairs. I welcome them here so Ava and my mom have company.”

Atlas smiled and said, “Sure, we should let Ava spend time with her grandmother. We can always decide on moving later.”

After dinner, we snuggled on th