“He died, didn’t he?”
“Yes.”
She nods as she chews on her lower lip.
I take her face in my hands and stroke my thumbs over her cheeks. “It’s okay to feel sad.”
“I’m not sad, I don’t think. But then I feel bad for not feeling sad.”
“You can feel whatever you want to feel.”
She exhales a shaky breath. “What now? I mean, he was our link to Lorcan.”
“We’ll find another way. We always do.”
Fiona looks like she wants to protest but thinks better of it. She reaches up onto her tiptoes to press a quick kiss to my lips. “I think I'm going to take a shower.”
Once Fiona disappears upstairs, I take the opportunity to run an idea by Scout that has been weighing on me for a while.
“Hey, Scout, can you come here? I want to ask you something.” I sit back down at the table and pat the seat next to me.
Scout, climbing onto the chair, narrows his eyes. “What?”
I brace my hands on my knees. “Well… I was wondering how you would feel if Fiona became a part of our family?”
Scout immediately frowns, which has my good mood vanishing in an instant.
“You don’t like that idea?”
“I thought she already was a part of our family?” he asks.
I can’t help but laugh. “Yes, but I was thinking about making it official. You know…by asking her to marry me.”
Scout’s eyes almost bug out of their sockets. “Really?”
“Only if you’re okay with it?—”
I’m almost knocked off my chair as Scout launches himself into my arms.
“Yes! Fiona is the best!”
I laugh as I hug Scout tightly. “I think so too.”
“Can we go and tell her? Please, Daddy,please.”
“We have to ask her first.”
“But why? She’s going to say yes.”
I chuckle. “I appreciate the confidence, bud.”
“So, can we ask her now?” Scout looks at me hopefully.
“Well… I had an idea of how to make it super special, but I’m going to need your help. Do you think you can keep a secret?”
Chapter Thirty-Nine
FIONA
