âHehe, yep! Chad is working with Ms Imelda and grandma at their bar!â She said when Chad was brought up, but looked back at Lani, a bit lost. âI dunno if you know them⊠But grandma is super cool! She used to be a wrestler when she was young!â She said, her eyes lit up with excitement.
When Chad dressing up was brought up, Dahlia laughed. âI know! You should see his work uniform! Granma, Ms Imelda and Erik refuse to let him work in normal clothes, and they always make him dress up like a fancy bar-guy! Itâs hilarious! But he looks really good!â She smiled widely, opening the hidden door leading straight to the living room.
When Lani called out, they both looked towards the door⊠And Cervantes yelped.
âLani! Well, ainât cha a sight to behold! I havenât seen ya in forever!â Pietro stood up from the sofa, and wobbled a bit. He looked tired as heck! The bags under his eyes, his movement⊠He looked really overworked! Pietro walked up to Lani to greet him, while Cervantes seemed to fumble with something, sort of hiding. Dahlia peeked around the corner to see what he was doing, and giggled.
âWhoâs the lil one?â Pietro said, leaning down a bit to see the child in Laniâs arms. He was a bit nervous, as he had never been good with kids, but it was honestly a big surprise!
Lani smiled brightly as he saw two of his other favorite people in the living room, of course Cervantes seemed to be a little flustered about something since his movement was quick, but Lani turned his attention back to Pietro as the cat came over to greet him. He lifted his hand a little bit and held Pietroâs cheek and gave him a smile. â Sure has! Youâre looking as tired as ever hun, you working too much again I see?â he said, giving his cheek a little pat before his attention got turned to Avery, who was staring so intently up at Pietro, with a little frownâŠbut nothing badâŠthis guy was big!
Lani smiled as he smooched Averyâs cheeks a little bit and smiled big. â âŠI hadnât gotten the chance to tell anyone the news butâŠParis and I adopted a few months after we got married, this is our sonâŠAveryâ he said, blushing and giving his piggy son a warm smile as he looked up at him, returning his happy smile before looking back to Pietro intently.
â Say hi Avery, this is Uncle Pietroâ he cooed as Lani held him out towards Pietro so he could get a closer look. Avery stared at the feline for a moment, studying his face a little before he snorted, smoke and tiny embers once again coming out of his nose as he waved his arms around a little bit and reached out to his face, giving it a pat, another snort coming out of his nose. Lani laughed.
â He must have good taste in people, he did the same thing to DaliahâŠmy little boy is such a people personâ he held Avery close again and laughed even more, Averyâs gaze never leaving Pietro.
â Oh! I brought yaâll a pie and some biscuits and gravy, was cooking dinner and Paris wont  be home from work till much much later so I figured Iâd bring it with me on my visitâ
