Ash’s POV

“I think they’re asleep.”

“Yeah, the little ones get tuckered out after dinner.”

When Kenny looked after the kids, his eyes twinkled. I’d always read that in books, seen it in cartoons, sometimes dramatized on the silver screen for corny effects—but never sincere. Never with tenderness. Kenny loved these kids, to say otherwise would be a bald-faced lie. It’s a good thing too because there’s a ton of ...