"How about we handle the yard and grill," Grey says while he narrows his eyes at Midnight, a flash of a smile quirking the corner of his mouth. "I seem to have an eager helper boy here."

He gives his brother a one sided shrug and a calmer look. "You could bake some bread for the thing. Easier here than in the boat." And Grey doesn't like coming over to the house uninvited because privacy is an unvoiced but important promise between the brothers.

"I can do the shopping," Kai promises. "Text me whatever you need, I'll bring the stuff over. And handle drinks of course." Maybe some ice tea and lemonade.