The dangers of his sister’s bruised ego behind them Dan allowed himself to be led by the hand as his beautiful sister walked ahead of him.<br/>He wasn’t entirely comfortable that his body reacted to her mood change by returning to its former state but he tried his best to ignore it, instead wondering what Katharine had planned.<br/>“I’ll help any way I can,” he said happily grasping her hand with steady yet gentle affection. “You know how much I love to cook, especially when its with my family,”<br/>He gave his dad a knowing smirk remembering a summer barbeque when his apron had made him the only family member not risking embarrassing burns from fat spatter.<br/>“Do you know what’s keeping mom? I haven’t seen her since I got home,” he asked his father with friendly interest, “Its not like her to abandon something unless she got distracted by something she thought was important,”<br/>