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Why couldn’t I have just said I was too busy?
Chapter Two
Joshua
I drove past the gates and into the compound, my hands tight on the wheel. It had been an hour ago already, but my heart was still beating fast in my chest.
A sound from the back seat had me looking at Danny, who I’d strapped carefully into his car seat.
“Are you comfortable back there, little guy? Don’t worry; we’ll be seeing your mom soon, okay?”
We would have arrived a lot sooner, but I was a little paranoid with Danny in the back seat, so I was driving slowly and carefully.
I parked the car, then jumped out. I moved to the back seat, and pulled both Danny and the car seat out of my car, then closed the doors. It locked itself automatically as I walked up to the house. Wendy was already there, opening the door to meet us.
“Oh, you’re back,” she chirped, hands outstretched. “Give me back my baby!”
I rolled my eyes as I let her take Danny, then followed her into the house, closing the door behind us.
“You sound like I wanted to run away with him. You told me to take him out because you had things to do.”
“It wasn’t a lot of stuff, though! I was done ages ago, and I’ve been waiting for you to bring him back to me.”
She shot a glare over her shoulder at me, and I could only roll my eyes. It was just Wendy being her usual self. She had been in such a hurry earlier that she’d disturbed me on the one day I had off in the week and demanded I come and spend some time with Danny. I knew nothing about being around children, but the little tyke was adorable, so I didn’t mind it, but it was still my day off.
“You could at least be grateful, you know,” I muttered. “I could have ignored you when you called and gone back to sleep.”
“Don’t listen to your uncle, baby,” she cooed, ignoring me. “He’s a total grump, but he’s a nice guy under that grump, okay? He loved spending time with you today.”
I frowned, feeling a little irritated. But I couldn’t say it was a lie. Wendy’s son was well behaved, and there hadn't been any accidents along the way. I was never sure of how I felt about babies. Before, when Alessandra and I were still together, I had thought we would have children someday after we got finished college and got married. Things ended between us in a way I hadn't expected.
Meeting her today at the part, with a baby in tow no less, had been the best thing to have happened.
I had been worried about how I would get in touch with her. It had been more than a year since she walked out of my life, and of course, there was no way I could forget her that easily.
“So?” Wendy said, glancing at him once more. “You look excited. Did something happen at the park? Did you finally meet someone?”
I touched my face, confused. Did I look excited? I thought I was hiding it well, but then again, Wendy and I had always been close, and she was good at reading me.
“I’m glad I don’t have you working with me in the company. You’d be insufferable.”
“Oh, please. The only reason I’m not working for you is that you couldn’t afford me,” she teased. “But anyway, what happened?”
I hesitated, but in the end, decided there was nothing wrong with telling her. There was no one else close to me than her, aside from Alessandra, but that had changed in the past year for a reaso
n. I planned on improving it.
“You’ll never guess who I met up with today.”
Wendy hummed. “You’re right; I’ll never guess because it’s annoying. Just tell me?”
I rolled my eyes.
Wendy led us through the kitchen and to the back patio of the house. We sat at one of the patio tables underneath the shade, and she set Danny in his carrier on top of the table in front of her.
“I saw Alessandra.”
Up until then, she hadn't shown much interest in me, but when I mentioned that name, she looked up, just as surprised as I have been to see her.
