"Then, forget about it! It's so cold at night!" Layla gave up on that idea. "Let's just see Daddy's fireworks!"

"Hmm! Go ahead!" Avery moved away from the camera. After she left, the light in Elliot's eyes vanished too.

…

Avery came out of her room and found Mike. "Mike, call Tammy!"

"I've already done it," Mike said with an expression that says he understood her. "I got Big H to call her. She said she would come over soon."

Avery said, "Thank goodness for you."

"Hahaha! Tammy might be ang