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I nodded. “My body essentially overreacts. Where my heart rate should’ve just risen at the way Wake startled me, it instead went into ‘I’m going to freak out so badly that you have to pass out’ mode. Sometimes that includes a lot of sweating, a higher temperature, excessive saliva production. It’s just grand.”
Wake snorted, and that’s when Bowie came back in with the child, freshly cleaned.
He sat down on the end of the couch that I lay on.
I pulled my feet toward me, and he sat the baby between us before he said, “That was scary.”
I laughed. “That was nothing. Just wait until I do it in public, and you have to figure out how to scrape me off the floor.”
I winced at that.
I always managed to pass out at the worst times. Such as this one.
“You do that often?” he squeaked.
I laughed.
Which was when Aodhan walked into the door, looking frazzled.
“I should’ve never left.” He took in the scene. “I should’ve thought better of it.”
I snorted and gently moved my feet, hoping not to displace the baby with my movement.
She looked like she was pretty sturdy, but still. I didn’t want her to be falling due to my movement.
Gosh, she was cute.
“It’s not like you didn’t leave me with trusted people,” I admitted. “Though most people wouldn’t say your ex-wife is a ‘trusted person’ but in this case, I think you’re safe.”
Danyetta started giggling.
But surprisingly, it was Bowie who said, “I really messed up.”
Aodhan snorted.
Wake grunted.
Dutch and Danyetta nearly said the same thing at the same time. “Duh.”
I looked over at him, watching as he kept a steadying hand on the baby’s belly.
Then said, “You move on from here. You do your best. You make sure that you’re not going to make that mistake again. And you always trust your family to take care of you.” I looked around the room for a second then moved back to Bowie. “I never had that. You’re lucky.”
Bowie winced. “I heard about your dad.”
My brows rose.
“What?” I asked.
“I heard about your dad. I heard the two people working at your coffee shop talking out back before I did anything.” He winced. “They were talking about how your dad offered them money to leave. To quit.”
That didn’t surprise me at all.
“They’ve apparently been offered money three times now,” he continued. “He sounds like a jerk.”
I winced. “He is a jerk.”
“Sounds like you need someone new to watch your back.” He looked at his father, who was busy watching me on the couch, and not Bowie. “I’m glad my dad found you. He needs someone to take care of.”
