They follow him and I start to gather my things.
Everyone’s safe and healthy.
It’s time to let them bond.
“Um, what the fuck do you think you’re doing, Harp-tastic?”
I jump at the semi-restrained boom of Smitty’s question.
“I figure I can come by tomorrow,” I tell him.
He holds up his phone. “Luna wants to see everyone. Everyone includes you. So, park your butt on that chair and wait for your turn to see Reese.”
“Honey,” Kailey begins.
“Nope, little bird. This one I’m not budging on. Luna needs her family around her—even those newly joined.”
My heart squeezes and I don’t argue further.
I just plunk my butt down and say, “You’re right.”
“He’ll be impossible now, you know that, right?” Leo asks lightly as he seats beside me.
“He’s impossible now.”
“I heard that!”
“I meant for you too,” I tell Smitty with a smirk.
“Rude,” he mutters. But he’s grinning.
Sawyer—who’d also begun gathering his things—sits down. I eye him closely, wonder what he’s all about.
Earlier, his gaze had lingered on Lainey. Like a lot.
Hmm.
I can’t wait to tell Luna the gossip. She’ll love it.
Although, considering her and Smitty’s matchmaking (cough, nosiness), she probably already knows.
Time passes slowly as people go back in pairs, and eventually I hear,
“Harper and Leo?”
Aiden looks exhausted, but he’s smiling like the proud papa he is as he leads us through the door and around the corner into a cheerfully decorated room…
And oh.
“You look beautiful,” I say as I hurry over to Luna.
She’s tired, clearly, but the incandescence she’s radiating as she holds little Reese fills the room with such joy that my eyes immediately well up.
“Pish,” she says, shifting her hold on Reese so she can take my hand.
Aiden is there before she finishes, scooping Reese out of her arms.
“I do all the work and he’s already stealing my little girl.”
