“Yeah, right, and you’ll take them under advisement.” Hutch rolled his eyes. “You’re going to make me old before my time.”
“I’ll keep you young, I promise.”
Hutch couldn’t help but thaw. “I’ll hold you to that.”
Maddy gave him a sympathetic look. “Our job, it seems, is to love them and live with them—but not always happily.”
“I’ll take the job,” Hutch replied. “God help me, but sign me up.”
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