Jai

“Mum,” I groan as she grabs my face in her hands and kisses my cheek repeatedly.

Dad playfully rolls his eyes while smirking, something he always does when Mum gets like this. Hell, we leave for one night to stay with Anja and Orrin, and Mum acts like she won’t be seeing us for months. Goddess, we’ve already been through all of this with Drew – Mum crying and kissing his cheek over and over.

It was the same with Grandma Faye, hugging, kissing, and telling me how much she’ll miss me. Grandpa Jethro did what Dad is doing now and rolled his eyes with a smile on his face. Moreso when Faye demanded that I call as soon as I got to Crimson Shadow. If Drew and I didn’t call, she’d think something was wrong and come running immediately.

I love my grandmother; she makes me smile every day. I’ll miss her more than I realised. But she doesn’t seem to want to let me grow up any time soon. Drew and Damien, she’s fine allowing them to grow up and have a life. She seems to want to baby me, which prov