I smile. "She'll be with my parents, plus Ella and Kevin will be there too. Sophia wants to have a pancake and ice cream party."

She frowns. "Who agreed to that?"

My expression gives it away, and she smiles when she looks at me. "Sophia's going to have you wrapped around her little finger," she says.

"She already does," Axel says in my head. "That pup can have whatever she wants as far as I'm concerned."

I can't help but ...