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My heart sank. I shouldn’t have expected him to spend the night here, that was ridiculous. But his being gone was enough to make me wonder if I remembered last night right.
The doctor stopped by to do one more check-up, gave me the final information I needed to check out, and told me I could be on my way as soon as I had a ride. I should probably call Tanner or Brooke.
I was mostly dressed, pulling on my socks, when someone knocked. “You decent?” Tanner called.
His voice made my heart flutter, in spite of my doubt. “Yup.”
He walked in with Brooke, who smiled when she saw me, and gave me a tight hug. “So glad you’re all right. This dummy didn’t tell me you were even hurt until nearly ten last night.”
Tanner shrugged. “I was too busy worrying about you, Colin. Speaking of, sorry I wasn’t here when you woke up. I called her to take me to my car, and explain what happened. I thought we’d be back before you were ready to go.”
“Last night happened, right? All of it?” I needed to know that now, and I didn’t care who heard.
Tanner crossed the room, cradled my face with his good hand, and brushed his lips over mine, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Brooke gasped.
“If you mean the pink elephants, no. Those weren’t real.” Tanner kissed me again. “But this is. The part where I told you I love you is very, very, real.”
“It’s about freaking time,” Brooke said.
I laughed in spite of myself, and kissed Tanner back. It felt right to clench his shirt in my fists and press my body to his, and with no alarms to say my blood pressure was too high, I could keep tasting him. Feeling him. All of it.
My cock twitched and hardened, and I let go. I wasn’t comfortable doingallof this in front of my sister.
“I’ll go move your stuff from my car to Tanner’s,” Brooke said. “Keys.”
Tanner fished his keys out, never pulling away from me, and handed them over.
As soon as she was gone, he and I broke out in embarrassed laughter. This was so right.
A nagging in the back of my mind said something was missing. Someone. I could think about Daria later—for now, I was going to enjoy finally having Tanner.
27
daria
Waitingfor news from Tanner was agonizing. I didn’t care that it was late when he finally called, it only mattered that he and Colin were both all right.
They were friends, of course I was worried. If something happened to Carly, I’d be worried too.
This felt different though. Because I was making my worry for Tanner and Colin more, or because it actually was more? And did my feelings matter any more than they had this morning, if seeing the men was bad for my girls?
Nope.
My sleep was restless and my mind filled with questions about what I wanted versus what I should be doing.
In the morning, I dragged myself through coffee. Kandace’s rehire offer was exactly what she promised, and I was going back to work today. I needed something to occupy my mind.
Harmony wanted cereal for breakfast, and Alana said she’d do the same. That made things easy. Alana even filled both their bowls again—the help was nice, but what was she up to?
“Mommy, can I play the games on the back of the box?” Harmony asked.
At least that was normal. “Eat your food first.”
“Okay.” She shoveled a spoonful into her mouth. “Artnclmfph mpbuledy?”
I sighed internally, but I was also grateful to see my little one acting like herself. “Swallow before you talk.” I told Harmony.
