55| The Knight Family

Dominic and I sat together on some lawn chairs out back as we watched the kids play various games. There was cornhole, duck duck goose, limbo, a piñata for later, and Gwen was playing Simon says with about four kids in one corner of the lawn.

“You seem less than thrilled to be here,” I mentioned casually to Dominic. He grunted as a response. “What? You don’t like spending time with your sister or nephew?”

“In small doses,” he answered. “And certainly not with thirty other children.”

Dylan came running up to us. “Uncle Dominic! Come play cornhole with us, I need a partner!”

“Gah… I don’t really feel like it, buddy.”

Dylan looked visibly upset, so I moved to the edge of my chair and told him with a friendly smile, “I'll be your partner.”