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She smiled through the exhaustion lining her face. “I don’t know. Lay off the Axe?”
I scoffed with exaggerated offense. “It’s not Axe. It’s whatever was on sale and had a store brand on it.”
“Yeah, right, Lady Killer. As if you own anything store brand. Thank you so much for doing this at the last minute.”
“You know it’s never an issue. Everything all right? Harmony told me Daddy was a dickhead.”
Daria’s smile wilted in a long sigh. “I wish you’d corrected her.”
“What makes you think I didn’t?”
“She got it from Alana. Joe was supposed to be at her swim meet next week, and now he won’t make it. He sent her a new sweater as an apology. Pink.”
I winced.
“Yeah.” Daria tugged her ponytail forward and chewed on the end. “Harmony co-opted it the instant it hit the floor, and Princess Garibaldi is wearing it now.”
I snickered at the name. “Tell me that’s a bear.”
“It’s a duck. I can’t believe you let them watch Babylon 5.” She didn’t sound upset.
“I can’t believe you haven’t yet. They need to be introduced to the classics early.”
Daria shook her head. “I emailed you the list for while I’m gone. Let me know if you have any questions. Don’t forget swim practice is at six tomorrow morning, and if you feed them pizza for breakfast, at least make sure they take a multi-vitamin with it.”
I’d done that once, when Alana was seven, and Daria had never let me live it down. “I’ve got it, I promise.”
“Let’s go.” Harmony was back, grabbing my hand and yanking me toward the door.
Daria crouched to five-year-old height. “Give me hugs.”
Both girls hugged and kissed her, they said their goodbyes, and we were on our way.
I totally had this. No problem.
