CHAPTER 455

“Better for who?”

“For all of you."

“Bullshit.” Kane gave him a long, measured look. “Did you know that my Grandpa McKay lived with us from my fourth birthday until he passed when I was almost thirteen?”

“I vaguely recall something about that.”

“Since Carson was older than my dad by like ten minutes, Grandpop deeded him the family ranch house after my grandma died. Plus, Uncle Carson and Aunt Carolyn kept havin’ all them kids and needed the space. Grandpop didn’t much like his son Casper, so movin’ in with him was out as an option. And he wasn’t too fond of my Uncle Charles’ wife, Vi, neither. So he came to live with us.”

“How’d your mama feel about that? Wasn’t there bad blood between the Wests and the McKays?”

“For years. But my Ma never got along with her own father, and Grandpop never had a daughter, so surprisingly, the two of them hit it off like gangbusters.”

“It’s hard not to like your mama.”

“She is something else.” Kane smiled. “So Kade and I were raised by both our parents