"Craig!" Joey said, as he walked in with Gabriel. "Send you across the street and you have a kid."
"Ha ha, very funny, Joey," Craig replied. "This Gabriel. And this is Sammy." He jerked his head toward Sammy as she walked in.
"Nice to meet you," Joey said, reaching out and shaking her hand. "I'm Joey Jeremiah."
"Owner of Jeremiah Motors?" Sammy asked.
"Yeah. How did you guess?"
"Craig, told me. In an e-mail."
Craig smiled at Joey and then sat Gabriel down on the counter. Gabriel still clung tightly to his new friend's shirt.
Craig pried Gabriel's fingers off but he still held onto him.
"Aren't you a cutie?" Caitlin said, to Gabriel.
"Say thank you," Sammy said.
"Tank 'ou," he muttered, shyly. He buried his head in Craig's stomach. Craig laughed.
"Craig, would you and Sammy set the table?" Joey asked.
"Don't even know her and you already have her doing chores," Craig said.
Sammy laughed and pulled Gabriel off of Craig. "Caitlin, do you want to hold him?" she asked.
"Sure," Caitlin said. She picked Gabriel up and looked at him. "Hi there."
"What your name?" Gabriel asked.
"Caitlin."
"Oh."
"He repeats my name," Craig muttered to Sammy. "But he just gives her an 'oh'."
Sammy laughed. Craig handed her some dishes and he took the silverware and they headed over to the table.
"Hi," Angela said, she was already sitting in her chair with a coloring book and crayons.
"Hey," Sammy replied.
"Ang, this is Sammy," Craig said. "This my little bratty sister, Angela."
"I'm not a brat!" Angela debated.
"Whatever, punk."
Sammy laughed again and she continued to set the table.