“Ashleigh June,” Ryan replied.
“Beautiful,” Shane murmured. “She’s got some big names to fill, though.”
“Yes, she does,” Luke agreed, “but she’ll have all the love and support she’ll need to make it happen.”
Shane nodded and leaned against the post of the roof over the deck with his arms folded across his chest. The mood on the deck of Luke and Ryan’s cabin was celebratory and at the same time completely mellow. Maybe it was the glorious evening, but he doubted it. The love and affection that bound these people together was palpable, and for the time being, they all seemed content to set aside whatever resentments they harbored against him.
This isn’t so bad, he told himself as he listened to the relaxed chatter.
“Do you want to hold Ashleigh?”
Shane blinked at Becky, unable to recal
