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“Well,” Johnny Vitelli said. “Thank goodness for Al’s ramp.”

“Al’s ramp?”

Beth answered. “Al can’t do steps, either, so Nico had it built when he bought the house.”

“He did?” Grace gave him a questioning look, which he ignored.

His mother shook her head. “I’m still confused about the jingle bells.”

“Grace was coming into the kitchen to boss me around,” he confided to another sister who’d recently entered the room. Tall, built like Nico and his mother, she had big blue eyes and wore her brown hair in a long braid that was draped over her shoulder. Faded jeans and a stained long-sleeved T-shirt added to the image of a woman who preferred comfort to fashion. Her smile was friendly when she turned to Grace.

“Hi,” she said, sticking out her hand to shake Grace’s. “I’m Cathy, mother of the two female hellions.” She looked at her mother. “I didn’t tell them they could eat cookies. They lied to you.”

Terry chuckled. “Fibbed,” she corrected. “Those sweet little girls would never lie.”

Cathy rolled her eyes at Grace. “Yeah, right. Did you like the scarf? Nico picked out the yarn.”