“The twins already went to their maternal grandparents’ house in Jensburg for summer break.”

The two boys had flown to Jensburg right after preschool let out, with the Queens waiting at the airport to pick them up.

Heath was silent for a moment before he said, “Then Merry can totally come.”

Uncle Austin and family rarely came back anyway, and Uncle Dylan’s and Uncle Peter’s sons were probably at their maternal grandparents’ too, right?

Sometimes, Heath envied his cousins who got to visit their maternal grandparents.

His own maternal grandparents had passed away when his mom was only ten, so he had no maternal grandparents—only Aunt Libby and his grandaunt Audrey, who doted on him and his sister like grandparents would. Whenever he felt that pang of envy, he would have the driver take him to his grandaunt’s house, where his older cousins would play with him.

His cousin Sonny, Liberty’s son, and his little sister Jiggy were fun to play with, too. Those visits were his only consolat