He nodded. "We weren't going to have the holiday without you."

I almost choked on a sob. "So we can still have Christmas?"

"Everyone's coming over in a couple of days to celebrate."

It meant so much that they would wait for me. "I'm surprised you managed to keep them all away today."

He laughed. "Yeah. That was a tough one. I had to threaten bodily harm to a few of them. But I wanted you to have time to get settled first."

When we passed the stairs, I raised my eyebrows at Laura. "Where are we ...