"Then, forget about it! It's so cold at night!" Layla gave up on that idea. "Let's just see Daddy's fireworks!"

"Hmm! Go ahead!" Avery moved away from the camera. After she left, the light in Elliot's eyes vanished too.

…

Avery came out of her room and found Mike. "Mike, call Tammy!"

"I've already done it," Mike said with an expression that says he understood her. "I got Big H to call her. She said she would come over soon."

Avery said, "Thank goodness for you."

"Hahaha! Tammy might be angry with you, but could she be angry with the children?" Mike measured Avery up in her new dress. "All of you are wearing red except me. Am I not family?"

"Don't you hate the color red?" Avery retorted, "It's because I treat you like family, so I remembered your likes and dislikes."

Mike was speechless.

A while later, Tammy arrived. She came alone.

"Where's Aunt Mary?" Avery pretended as if the fight never happened. She asked calmly, "Didn't you say you're bringing your boyfriend? I even prep