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I waved back.
“What the hell was that?” Cain asked.
“I think she thought you were too hot for me.”
He snorted. “She’s never seen you on your knees. Hottest thing I’ve ever seen. Hands down.”
“Cain!” I glanced around to make sure no one had heard him.
“Don’t pretend to be shy.” Cain stopped walking and glanced up at the sign for a restaurant. “What about this place?”
We had spent the day talking and catching up and in my bed. He had wanted dinner before he had to return to his clinic in Boston. I laughed. “Seriously? You pick the one place that serves primarily Maine lobster.”
His eyebrows shot up. “Are you kidding me?” He shook his head. “We can go somewhere else, then.”
“We can go anywhere you want,” I said, smiling up at him. “Unless you want me to start assessing local restaurants by various categories.”
Cain laughed. “That could take longer than I have.” Then his smile fell off. “Soph?”
My chest constricted. “Yes?”
“Is this what you want?” he asked. His expression had gotten stormy. Old demons there, struggling to surface.
That was an easy question to answer. I nodded. “Yes.”
“Why?” The corner of his mouth turned up.
“Because.” I could smell the river behind us and feel the heat of the late-afternoon sun burning my bare shoulders. I felt alive with Cain. Flesh and blood. Not just a brain.
“Because why?” He brushed my hair back off my face.
“Because because.”
Instead of continuing the teasing game, he just nodded. “Yeah.”
—
When I looked at Sophie I saw all the answers I needed.
Life was one fucking complicated equation but if I trusted anyone to solve it with me, it was Sophie.
“Next week I’m taking you to a Red Sox game,” I told her.
Then her education would finally be complete.
