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He eyed her as though he could sense the lie. But she did need to get back. She also didn’t think she could look at these toys with her Little so close to the surface. Not without her Little side taking over and wanting to throw herself in the pile of stuffies she’d spied in one aisle.
A bed full of stuffies. Now, a girl could only dream.
But all of her money had to go to Indie. She needed it more.
For a moment, panic overwhelmed her as she thought of everything they had to do to prepare for when Indie had the baby. Of how much money they needed.
Of course she could ask Uncle Willy for money, but he had already done enough. He paid for expenses and gave her a great salary. She’d never be able to do this working minimum wage waitressing. If she could even be on her feet all day, which she doubted.
“All right,” Jack gave in.
They stepped outside.
“But we’re going for ice cream.”
“Jack!” she protested. “We don’t need ice cream.”
“Who are you?” Jack gave her a shocked look. “Don’t need ice cream? Everyone needs ice cream. It should be a necessity on the food pyramid.”
He took hold of her hand, swinging her arm back and forth. She giggled. He didn’t seem to care who saw them and the people walking around just smiled.
They stopped at an ice cream parlor that had so many flavors it was nearly impossible to choose just one.
Jack had four.
“How are you so fit when you eat so much ice cream?” she asked as they left after finishing their treat.
She was walking slightly behind him.
He turned to her, wriggling his eyebrows. “Were you just checking me out?”
“No!”
She was such a liar. She’d totally been checking him out.
Grinning, he grabbed her hand. “Stop walking behind me. I need you where I can see you to keep you out of trouble.”
“I never get into trouble.”
He raised his eyebrows. “Uh-huh.”
A strange feeling worked its way up her spine, and she turned, but couldn’t see anything.
As they approached the corner, she spotted several people in the distance holding signs in the air.
“Polyamory isn’t right! You need to be cleansed! Man and wife is the natural way!”
“Motherfuckers,” Jack muttered.
She glanced up, surprise filling her. She’d never seen this look on Jack’s face before.
Dark. Intense.
Suddenly, two of them broke off as they spotted her and Jack, walking toward them with signs in the air.
“Get out of our way,” Jack said, pulling her close to him. As they moved past, one of them reached for her, gripping her arm. Unfortunately, he grabbed the wrist that Uncle Willy had bruised. While it was mostly healed, it was still tender and his touch was so hard that it made her cry out in pain.
“You must—” he started saying before he was cut off.
