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“We all have our own areas of expertise. Parents learn as they go.”
“Nova?” Kip asked and waited until he had her undivided attention. “I have something to ask you, and I want you to be honest.”
“Of course,” she insisted.
“Do you have somewhere to live?”
She blanched. “Why would you ask me that?”
“I saw you last night,” I explained.
“Saw me, where?”
“Coming out of the gym, freshly showered.”
“Don’t you shower after going to the gym?”
“Sure, but I don’t go to the gym just to shower,” I countered.
Her face fell and shoulders drooped all at once. “It isn’t what you’re thinking,” she suggested and obviously hoped we would leave it at that.
“You need to explain,” Kip demanded.
“I’m not homeless. I rent a room out of a house, but the man, David, my landlord, I call him Creepy Dave,” she rambled.
“Why the fuck do you call him Creepy Dave?” I asked, unable to control the growl in my voice.
“He, um, well, I think he has a camera in the shower. Like he watches or something. When I realized, I stopped showering there. He’s always pestering me to take a shower though.”
“What the fuck?!” Kip yelled as he came to his feet. His son did not like the tone of his voice one bit and started squalling after spitting his bottle out.
“Shh, it’s okay, sweet boy,” Nova cooed to him as she rocked him once more in her arms. The woman hadn’t even sat back down because she was doing everything in her power to make the baby more comfortable. God, I wanted to give Kip his kid back just so Nova and I could go make one of our own.
No. Fuck that thought all to hell. What the fuck was going on with me?
“Do you know for sure that there are cameras in the shower?” I asked, while trying to get my mind off having babies with the beautiful woman who starred in too many of my fantasies.
“Well, there is something strange around the showerhead, but I didn’t want to look too closely when I found it. Truthfully, I was more concerned about getting out of the shower just in case. What if he was watching me? I was naked,” she tacked on, as if that wasn’t the natural state of someone taking a shower. She shivered at the memory though, and I wanted nothing more than to pound Creepy fucking Dave’s head into the concrete.
“Nova,” Kip spoke her name in a calming voice that I wasn’t capable of in that moment.
“Yes?” She asked hesitantly.
“Gonna need your address.”
“Please, don’t do anything,” she begged.
“Why the fuck not?” I asked angrily.
“You don’t understand. It’s all I can afford right now. We’re mid-semester, so most places aren’t available anyway, even if I did have enough to put down deposits and stuff. I don’t mind showering at the gym. It’s not that big a deal.
“I need almost $7,000 before January rolls around to afford my last semester of college. I won’t be available as much to watch Knox because an internship will be required. Internships don’t pay. That means I need to save enough for my tuition plus a place to live, gas for my car and…”
“The food you’re obviously not buying,” I tacked on for her. She blushed and looked away. It was clear that she was ashamed of her circumstances, even if she shouldn’t be.
“Nope. This shit is not going down on my watch. Your family may have fucked you over, but my family won’t stand for it!” Kip’s demand made her look back up. “You ready to be a full-time nanny? I’ll find out from the college if that experience can qualify as your internship. I’m sure they make special exceptions for people and situations all the time.”
“I still need a place to live though,” she whispered.
