“I’ll go see who’s arrived,” she said.

He needed a minute and took a deep breath. Since they’d straightened things out between them, everything had fallen into place so easily it was almost scary. The stalker situation had been resolved. The man was in jail and the district attorney and his public defender were arguing over whether or not the man was sane. As long as he was locked up somewhere, Xander and Sasha were relieved.

And life had gone on. In the time since he and Sasha had gotten back together, she’d moved quickly. She’d wrapped up her life in California with incredible speed, tasking a Realtor to sell her house and help her mother find a reasonable place of her own. Cassidy had decided to move to New York where her brother also now lived. She agreed to work for Sasha and Xander at the production company they planned to call K-Talent, for Keaton and Kingston.

Sasha had moved in with Xander, and Cassidy was staying in the house her brother was renting while she decided where she wanted to live.

Dash and Cassidy avoided each other, and when they were stuck in the same room, their behavior made it obvious something had happened between them. Sasha hadn’t gotten much information out of her friend. No more than Xander had from his brother.

According to Sasha, Cassidy thought Dash was a man-whore, and she wasn’t wrong. His brother enjoyed the rock-star lifestyle. Xander just wished he hadn’t hurt someone so close to Sasha. It made life hard. It was a miracle Cassidy’s brother, now an official part of the band, hadn’t found out.

Xander heard the sound of voices and headed out to greet his family. A couple of hours later, everyone was laughing and having a good time.

Sasha, Cassidy, and Aurora had their heads together to discuss the charity project they wanted to work on, and his mother was holding nine-month-old Leah. Sasha’s mother was talking to Beck’s parents, who had joined them this time, along with his brothers. His father had had colon cancer but was doing well and they’d accepted the invitation.

Xander walked over and pressed a kiss to his mom’s cheek. “I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve been over but we’re more settled now. I promise to see you more often.”

His mother, always put together and beautiful, smiled as she held Leah over her shoulder and patted the baby’s back. “I know. I can’t tell you how thrilled I am that you and Sasha are back together and happy. It makes my heart so full to know three of my children are settled.”