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“It’s nice to meet you. You’re gorgeous,” he blurts.
Christa and I both laugh.
“Thank you. You’re not so bad yourself,” she replies, making a hissing noise as she touches his bicep as if it were on fire.
Carter laughs and shakes his head, and we sit down. Maria comes over and we order all the appetizers on the menu to share.
I pick up my drink and take a sip. “That went well, I think.”
Carter laughs and rubs my hand with his thumb. “I was prepared to get punched. Glad he refrained.”
“Me too,” I say, reaching up to kiss him on the lips.
“Oh!” Carter says. “Got good news.”
“Hit me!” I say excitedly.
“Get this... Jim called me today. He met with Congresswoman Fisher. Turns out that wasn’t a sex worker her husband was with but a side piece he had. He was paying for her to come into the Mile High Rooms where they had their fun. He got caught and told her she was some no-name sex worker who meant nothing to him. Jim had to inform her that she wasn’t a working girl and the truth came out. The congresswoman agreed to drop the issue, but she’s also dropping the husband.”
“Wow,” I say, running my hand on Carter’s leg. “I hope Jim’s learned his lesson though.”
He nods. “He sure has. He’s ditching the paid workers, keeping it all consensual.”
“Good call.” I nod.
We turn when we hear someone enter. Lincoln and Quinn walk in. Carter wants Eric to make new friends, so after introducing him to Declan, he invited Lincoln tonight too.
We get up to greet them.
“Hi,” I say to Quinn. “Can I?” I point to her swelling baby bump.
She waves a dismissive hand. “Girl, my sisters-in-law don’t keep their hands off of it, what’s one more?”
I feel the baby kick. “Oh, my gosh! I felt that!”
“Well, yeah, there’s two of them in there.”
My eyes bulge. “Twins?”
“Yep, boy and a girl. I’mma be as big as the broad side of a barn here pretty soon!”
“Congratulations,” Carter says, shaking Lincoln’s hand.
He makes the introductions and Lincoln, Carter, Eric, and Declan sit at the end of the table and begin talking about golf.
Quinn’s prattling on about baby names and maternity clothes and I half listen while I stare at my group of friends—my people, my family—and I can’t stop the huge grin on my face. My brother’s home and I’m about to be married to the love of my life. It really doesn’t get any better than this. But... I can’t wait to get home and play in our playroom.
THE END
