Chapter 52 Moving Back In

• As the boxes piled up, Logan realized he was going to miss Serena and the kids living with him. He knew Serena had never felt comfortable there, but the twins had, and he had enjoyed having them all there! Serena was a unique female, and with the twins, there was always something exciting going on. He felt like he had really gotten to know them, especially on their excursions into the human city. They wouldn’t be far away, but it was still enough distance that he wouldn’t be seeing the twins every day. Box after box he carried to the moving truck, surprised they managed to salvage so much stuff from the destroyed house. Most of it was clothes and toys for the twins, things that Serena’s parents had sent after the storm. “Really, you don’t have to help,” Serena argued. Logan dismissed her. “I do,” he said. “I want to.” She sighed. “Okay, I just feel bad,” she told him. “We‘ve been imposing on you for so long, and now you’re still doing the heavy lifting.” Logan smiled. “This hasn’t been an imposition at all” he assured her. “I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I’m going to miss having the kids around.” “I’m sure they’d like to visit you too, once we are settled back in over there,” she told him, picking up another box and sliding it onto the truck. Logan smirked at her. “Is that an open invitation?” he asked. Serena blushed a little. Logan was surprised by her reaction, but pleased nonetheless. She had been acting strangely around him, being friendly and warm one minute, then shying away and closing herself off the
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• Logan knew she still had secrets. He had wanted to know what they were. Having her at his house had helped with that, a few phone calls he’d overheard here and there. It wasn’t the reason he wanted her around, by any means. He knew now, he’d have to work harder to get to know her.