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I reached out and put my hand on her arm, and she lifted her sad eyes to me. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry that she’s gone, and I’m sorry that you feel I’m to blame for it.”
She wiped at her cheek where a tear had slipped down. “I needed someone to blame; you were the easiest one. I know that’s not fair.”
“You can blame me, Davina. I’ll let you.”
We stared at each other, and her whiskey eyes seemed to drink me in. Finally, I slipped my hand off her arm and glanced away, breaking the moment.
“Let me clean up the kitchen and get dressed, and then we can go.”
“I’ll get a bottle ready for Devon while you get dressed. He’ll want to eat soon, I’m sure.”
I was almost done cleaning up the kitchen when there was a knock at my front door. I hadn’t heard from anyone today, but I had to assume that was someone checking up on me.
Davina was digging around in the baby bag for something as I took the stairs down to my door. “Alex, Lexi, I’m surprised to see you two.” I held the door open.
“Are you kidding?” Lexi said as she slipped quickly past me. “I was dying to see that little guy again. Where is he?”
I pointed up the stairs. “He’s with Davina.”
Alex paused beside me, an eyebrow raised. “Davina is here?”
I laughed momentarily. “Yeah, I about lost my mind last night when he wouldn’t stop crying and practically begged her to come over and help me.”
“Oh, is that why?” he said so softly that I didn’t think Lexi had heard him as she reached the top of the stairs.
I glanced at Alex before I closed the door. “Why would there be any other reason?”
He laughed softly and shook his head but didn’t reply as he took the steps two at a time. In the living room, Lexi had taken Devon from Davina, and I quickly introduced everyone officially.
“He’s such a handsome boy,” Lexi cooed as she touched his face and then leaned down and inhaled deeply. “God, I love the smell of babies.”
Alex glanced at me and rolled his eyes, and I slapped him on the back as I stepped past him and stood next to Davina.
“What are you guys doing here?”
“We wanted to make sure you were both alive,” Lexi said. “Sorry we couldn’t stay last night, but we had other plans.”
“That’s okay. Davina was able to help me out.” As I’d spoken, I’d put my hand on her shoulder, and she’d glanced up at me. For a moment, the two of us locked eyes again, and then as if in mutual consent, we quickly looked away. I let my hand drop as I stepped away. “Can you guys give me a minute? I was about to get changed.”
“Take your time,” Lexi said as she bounced Devon in her arms. I heard her saying something to Davina about being sorry for her loss as I went into my room. I had barely closed the door when a knock sounded and it opened. Alex stepped in and closed the door behind him.
“How are you holding up?”
“Well, thanks to Davina, I was able to get six hours of sleep.”
“Did she stay all night?”
“She did. She was working, so she watched him while I slept. After I got up, she took a nap. We just ate, and now we were going to head over to Carol’s, and I was going to pick up the rest of the things that she had for Devon.”
“You’re going to keep him?” he asked, surprise in his voice that irked me.
“Yeah, he’s my son.”
Alex laughed. “Man, I never expected you to ever have a kid. How are you going to handle traveling?”
I tossed a pair of jeans down on the bed from the closet. “I have no clue. I guess I’ll have to get a nanny for him.”
“A nanny? You with a nanny?” He barked out a laugh.
