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“I want this, D.” He said with a sense of wonderment in his voice. “I want this feeling I have inside,” he ran his hand over his heart, “and I want it all the time. In our home, together.”
“We will.” I assured him. “Believe me, I want nothing more than to live with you and be a happy family, but I have to figure out how to do all of that the right way.”
He clenched his jaw, and his shoulders deflated a little. “Just tell me what you need, and I’ll make it happen.”
I smiled at him, “Well I have Maddie to think about, for one.” I looked around the room, “She goes to school full time and takes Penelope to school for me when I work, and I can’t just abandon her now that I have you.”
“I would never ask you to, Delilah, Maddie is important to me too.” He looked around and then back to me. “There’s a flex space over the garage, I think the other owners used it as a game room or entertainment space. It has a small kitchenette and a full bath. She could live up there, make it her own studio apartment or something. I’ll get a contractor in there to update it and make it everything she wants. She’d still be close so I could keep an eye on her, and she could focus on school without having to worry about Penny or work.”
I swallowed as I envisioned how excited Maddie would be to have her own space like that, and how happy it would make me to have her close but not underfoot while I traversed this new relationship phase with Fox and P.
“I think that sounds great,” I agreed, “I’ll talk to her about it when I call them tonight.”
“Good.” He nodded like he was proud of his accomplishment and that I didn’t fight him on it.
We did have the same end goal in mind, after all.
“I’m going to go pack some stuff for tonight.” I patted his chest on my way by.
“Pack all your stuff.”
“Fox,” I smiled and shook my head.
“I’m not sleeping apart from you anymore,” He followed me into my room, “And it’s been a lot of years since you and I have shared a bed that small.” He eyed my full-size mattress with doubt.
“How about we compromise, and I agree to stay until Friday night and then we can figure it out from there. Maddie and P will be home Friday night and I don’t want to just throw it all on them the second they walk through the door and expect Penny to be okay with staying at your place. Besides, we have to get a moving truck and get everything over there at some point,” I sighed at the overwhelming feeling of it all.
“Stop.” He instructed me as he spun me around to face him, “Take a deep breath.” He stared at me hard until I did as he said, and took a deep breath, letting the calmness he exuded settle me. “I’m buying her all new stuff for our house,” He eyed the mismatched stuff I’d managed to pick up here and there over the years, “I want to give her everything we never had, baby.”
I didn’t let his opinion on her current belongings chap my ass, even though I wanted to. I didn’t take it personal that what I’d provided for her over the years on my own wasn’t up to par with what he could give her now. Frankly because my goal the entire time had been to do exactly what he said he wanted to do; give her everything we never had. I couldn’t fault him for it.
“Okay.” I agreed and he eyed me suspiciously like he had anticipated more of a fight from me on it. “I want her to have the new things too, Fox. But let’s agree to let her have a say in it too. She’ll be tickled pink to go to a furniture store and pick out some new things,” I smirked, “with our guidance of course. Or she’ll come home with a king sized bunk bed if I know her at all.”
He snorted and rolled his eyes, “Whatever she wants, she gets.”
“We’ll figure it out. Together.”
“Fair deal.” He leaned down and kissed me, “Now pack your shit so we can go back home, I’m itching to get you out of these clothes and back into my bed.”
I rolled my eyes dramatically like he had a second ago, “One track mind, Mr. St. Claire?”
“Very.” He admitted and then spanked my ass as I went to my dresser to pack some clothes. “Very fucking much so.”
Chapter 29 – Fox
Present
“Givemesomegoodfucking news.” I snapped at Houston and lit up a cigarette as I paced the parking lot of the club house.
It was Tuesday and D was at her shift at the hospital. It was the first time we were apart since I took her home with me on Saturday and my body jonesed for her like a drug. I didn’t want her working at all, but I knew she needed to keep her hands busy. Especially with Penny not in town. Her ribs were hurting her less and less every day, so she wasn’t going to stay at home with me any longer.
Logically, I had to give her some space or I was going to smother her with my need to hold her close every single second of the day, in my attempt to make up for lost time.
So I backed off and let her go to work, with Tony and Hammer on watch while I checked in with Houston.
“He’s hiding somewhere in East Tracks if I had to guess,” The President said with a grimace, “But I haven’t been able to chase him out yet.”
“Well we need to.” I snapped, “My fucking daughter is coming home Friday and I’m not going to chance that fucker getting anywhere near her or Delilah.”
