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Sabrina pulled into her driveway, ignoring the Simon place to her left and cut the engine. Just breathe. You can do this.
Harry was out of the car like a rocket and disappeared behind the giant hostas that bordered the back of her cottage. One guess as to what he was doing back there.
She cleared her throat. “It’s a sign.”
“What kind of sign?”
Sabrina slid from the car, her back ramrod straight, and kept her gaze focused on her children. She wasn’t ready to face Teague yet. Hell, at this point she wasn’t sure she should have come out here.
She slipped her arm around Morgan’s shoulders. “Why don’t we talk about the sign later, okay?”
Harry came running around the corner and he barely managed to avoid barreling into Morgan and Sabrina.
“I saw the biggest snake ever, Morgan!” he shouted.
“Can I see?”
“No,” Sabrina said, glancing out over the lake. There were a large number of boats out there and she heard voices coming from the upper deck of the Simon home, as well as from near the beach. Her time was up.
“Let’s go say hello to a new baby boy,” she said, shooing her children toward the cottage.
“Is Tigger going to be here?” Morgan asked, her little face so earnest it made Sabrina’s heart turn over.
With a tight smile, she shrugged. “He might be. Let’s go find out.”
They crossed the driveway and had barely made it to the back door when it flew open and Jack strode out. He held his daughter in one arm, but the look on his face was one of concern.
“Sabrina, I’ve been trying to call you but your cellphone goes straight to voicemail.”
“I know, Jack.” Three simple words but they carried some weight and Jack Simon looked flustered. He’d always had a good heart and he could read a situation like no tomorrow. He knew that this was hard for her. And it was obvious that he didn’t like it.
“He got in a few hours ago.”
“Tigger?” Morgan shouted, jumping up and down. “He’s here Uncle Jack?”
She didn’t wait for an answer and bolted past Jack, but instead of running into the house she headed for the stairs that led to the upper deck, with Harry fast on her heels.
“Dammit,” Sabrina muttered, scrambling to catch them and not doing a good job of it in her heels.
“Morgan, you’re going to trip in that dress and break your neck,” Sabrina shouted after her.
The kids disappeared from sight and Sabrina almost made it to the top of the stairs when a man appeared, with both of her kids in his arms. Harry and Morgan were babbling crazily, asking a million questions about everything and anything that they could think of. Their voices melted into one and Sabrina couldn’t understand a word they said.
All she could think about was holding herself back, because in that one moment when her eyes met Teague’s, she wanted to do nothing more than launch herself into his embrace and never let go.
“Isn’t that right, Mommy?”
Wait. What? “Sorry, what was that Harry?”
“I just told Teague about the biggest snake in the world. The one I saw when I was peeing behind that sign.”
“Right,” she murmured, glancing behind her at the large For Sale sign.
“I told Mommy to wear her princess dress but she didn’t,” Morgan said. “I wore mine.”
“I see that,” Teague replied with a smile.
He took a step back, but he didn’t give up her children. He studied her intently with his dark eyes and, more than a little flustered, she looked away. If given the chance, this man saw too much.
