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"Sit down, Alex!" Cherie sat back in her chair and adjusted her glasses.
"I still think that Sarah lady looked familiar," Alex groused as he sat back down on the floor of the Carmichael's family room. Cherie rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"How come I don't remember the oil fire rescue?" he asked, still frowning. He glanced back and reached up as his grandmother came to stand behind him, a cold glass of lemonade in her hand. "Thanks, Grammy."
"You're welcome," Lisa said as she handed a drink to Cherie, too. She glanced around. "Where's Tyler?"
"Dunno," Cherie said. She took a long drink of the lemonade. "Thanks, Grandma."
"You're welcome," Lisa repeated. "I'd better go find Tyler."
She heard Kyrano saying, "I believe that you were celebrating your birthday during the rescue at the oil fields, Alex," as she went off in search of her youngest grandson.
She found him in the guest room he was sharing with Alex, lying on his stomach, reading a book. Lisa smiled, remembering when she found her own daughter doing the same thing in the years after the divorce. Clearing her throat so she wouldn't startle him, she sat down on the edge of the bed. "You might want to come out to the family room. The IR year in review is on tonight."
Tyler shook his head, but didn't look at her. "No thanks."
Lisa frowned. "You usually like this show."
The boy shrugged, not trying to explain himself. Lisa reached over and felt his forehead. "Are you feeling all right?"
"I am a little tired," Tyler said, putting a bookmark in his book and setting it aside. "Maybe I should go to bed early."
Lisa's face creased in a concerned frown as Tyler got up and pulled his pajamas out of his suitcase. He gave her a pointed look. "Can I get dressed?"
"Are you sure you don't want to see the show?" she asked again. "John will probably ask if you watched it."
"I'm sure," Tyler replied, sighing. "I just want to go to bed."
"Okay," Lisa replied, getting up. "I'll tell Alex to be quiet when he comes in."
Tyler nodded, and Lisa kissed him on the forehead. "Goodnight, Ty."
"Goodnight, Grammy."
She left the room, and wondered if she should go back in to press the issue. Instead, she wandered out to the kitchen, where Maggie had almost finished preparing a light supper for the family. "Is everything okay, Lisa?" Maggie asked.
"I don't think so," Lisa replied, sitting at one of the stool's in the kitchen's breakfast bar. "Tyler just went to bed."
"Without supper?" Maggie's frown now mirrored Lisa's. "That's not like him. I mean, he's not been eating a whole lot, but I thought that was due to the time zone change."
"He also doesn't want to see the retrospective, either. And he's usually been very excited to see it before."
Maggie washed her hands and put one on Lisa's shoulder. "Maybe he just needs to see Dianne."
Lisa sighed again. "You're probably right. I can hardly wait for them to make this switch so that the kids and I can see her. Even though Drew's assured me that she's okay and will make a full recovery, I need to see her for myself. And so do the kids."
"You just wait. John's planning on being in L.A. tomorrow, isn't he?"
"Yes. He, Virgil and Emily will be stopping overnight on their way back to the island." Lisa smiled ruefully. "Poor Em is going to be exhausted when they get back home."
"Well, they're to come here for dinner," Maggie said firmly. "Jeff will be able to be himself again and actually get some rest."
"I hope that's all that Tyler needs. To see his mother and father, and to spend a little time with his favorite brother. We don't need a repeat of what happened after the tsunami."
"Grammy?" Alex stuck his head in the door to the kitchen. "Can you come out to the family room? I think the... I think Dad's rescue is next."
"Oh my! I'm coming!"
"Me, too," said Maggie as the two women followed Alex out to the family room.
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