Page 136 of I Loved You First

Cam chuckled, more than a little relieved to see his son smiling as he stood next to his friends. “And just like that, he’s off.”

Fiona nodded. “Off he goes.”

“Okay, moms and dads,” the perky raven-haired teacher spoke up. “We’re going to say goodbye until this afternoon. We’re off to have an exciting kindergarten adventure.”

“Wait,” Brady said as he ran out of line, crashing into Cam’s legs, hugging him again. “Bye, Dad.”

Cam hugged him back. “Bye, buddy.”

Then he hugged Fiona. “Tell Leo and Felix I went to kindergarten.”

She chuckled as she returned his embrace. “I definitely will. Bye, bud.”

“Bye.” Then he got in line next to Owen and Davis, waving enthusiastically as his class headed toward the building.

Cam used his phone to record the moment. He waved until Brady disappeared, then looked at Fiona, realizing she was blinking back tears. “Hey, you.”

She shook her head as she rolled her eyes. “I can’t help it. I’m excited for him. And proud. He’s going to have such a good day, Cam.”

“Definitely.” He kissed her forehead as he hooked his arm around her waist. “Hopefully, he doesn’t talk too much.”

She huffed out a watery laugh, returning his embrace as they started toward the truck. “He’s certainly chatty.” She wiped her eyes as she looked at him. “How are you doing with all of this?”

He bobbed his head from side to side. “I’m happy and sad. Milestones like today’s are bittersweet.”

She nodded. “The house is going to be so quiet during the day.”

“For now,” he said as he settled his hand on her lower stomach. “Until our little one livens things up again.”

“Aw.” She grinned as she rested her head against his shoulder. “I can’t wait.”

“Me either.” He winked, smiling as he kissed her before they started across the street with dozens of other parents.

It took several seconds for it to click that the blonde staring at them from the other side of the sidewalk was Ally. “Shit,” he whispered.

Fiona frowned as she looked at him. “What?” And then her shoulders grew rigid when she saw what he did.

He looked from Fiona to Ally and back as they moved closer to her. “Uh, how about you give me a couple of minutes?”

She nodded. “I’ll wait in the truck.” Immediately, she moved in the direction they had parked.

Cam cleared his throat as he stopped next to Ally, then guided her with a hand on her arm farther out of the foot traffic. “Hey.”

She didn’t offer him a smile like she had the other day. Instead, she stood hipshot with her arms crossed, looking hostile yet pretty in a black spaghetti-strap sundress. “I wanted to tell you that I’m going back to Miami.”

He frowned, completely taken by surprise. “What about Boston and your job? What about Brady?”

She jerked her shoulders. “It looks like he has everything he needs. His dad and the mom he wants.”

Cam glanced across the street, realizing Ally had watched him and Fi sending their son off to his first day of school. “It doesn’t have to be like this, Ally. Fi and I want to work with you to make this work for Brady. We can head to the house and talk all of this out.”

She shook her head. “It was supposed to be us, Cam. The three of us.”

He scratched his jaw. “I’m sorry things aren’t turning out the way you wanted. But there’s still room for you at the table. You can still have a relationship with your son.”

She shook her head again. “Your table’s crowded. Clearly, he’s better off without me.”

He sighed. “I don’t think that’s true. But I don’t know what you want me to do here. Brady and I aren’t a package deal.”