Eliot twisted a little to flash her a grin over his shoulder. Of all the various things he imagined feeling at this moment (once he'd gotten around to imagining it at all), he hadn't predicted feeling so downright giddy.

It was a gorgeous day on the water, hot and breezy, and his people were all here, safe and happy around him. And were going to be for the rest of his life.

"You know you're about to pick up a step-dad and -mom in one go?"