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She shook her head slowly.
“Any other questions?” Her head went back and forth faster. “Okay, then I’ll drop you off at home and then meet with Margo to do the paperwork.” Davina turned to look out the window, slightly in awe.
“Can I come over and cook in your kitchen once in a while?”
“You can do it more often than that.”
I saw her turn to look at me and kept my eyes on the road in front of me as I drove away.
“What are you saying?”
“I’m saying, Davina, that you can move into the house with me if you’d like. That in-law suite would be perfect for you. You’d have your privacy, and you could have full use of the house, plus have the office across the hall for yourself. Then you’d be able to see Devon whenever you wanted.”
“You’re asking me to move in with you? Are you freaking crazy, Trevor?”
I stopped at a stop sign and turned slowly toward her. “Do I look crazy?” She just stared at me, her whiskey eyes wide. “I wasn’t going to mention it yet, but you brought it up.”
“I asked if I could use your kitchen a couple of times, not move in with you.”
“We’d be roommates, Davina. You know, friends that share a space. You are right, it’s a large house, and I don’t need all that space, but if you moved in with us, it would work great.”
“I figured that is where you’d put your nanny,” she said softly.
“If you moved in with us, I wouldn’t need one.”
“Devon, I work.”
“Yes, I know that. We could get a day sitter, or maybe a part-time nanny, but if you were living there, it would be great for all of us.”
“How is it great for all of us?”
“Well, Devon would have us both, and you could save money and enjoy that kitchen.”
A strangled laugh left her lips. “You have lost your mind. You think I would move in with you, take care of your son, and not pay you anything for room and board?”
“Davina, I already told you that I don’t need your money, and I’m not asking you to take care of Devon by yourself. I’m just asking for your help. I trust you, and I’m not sure how comfortable I would be with a stranger staying in my house alone with him for a couple of weeks or a month while I traveled.”
“Trevor, you don’t even know me.”
“I know enough.”
“How? How do you know enough?” she snapped.
“Instinct, Davina.”
“You and your damn instinct. Jesus, Trevor. Has your instinct ever been wrong before?”
“Nope.”
“Well, there is a first time for everything.”
“Are you telling me that you’re not a good person? Is there something that I don’t know about you, Davina?”
“No, that’s not what I’m saying. What I’m saying is that you can’t rely on your instincts all the time. That doesn’t make sense.”
“Do you know how many times I almost died because I didn’t follow my instincts? A lot. Do you know what saved my ass?” I turned to her. “Going back to listening to my instincts. Haven’t you ever thought about doing something, and some inner voice or feeling made you stop, and you later learned that you were glad that you did because something bad happened?”
She frowned as she glanced out the windshield.
