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“We loved it!” Kailey responded with a broad smile.
Her sister’s grin was slyer when she suggested, “Maybe we’ll see you again here sometime.”
“Maybe.”
Dakota would leave that up to the Universe to decide.
Chapter Four
Aiden
“She seemed nice,” Kailey said as they watched Miss Sunshine and Rainbows start up the path with her dog.
“Yeah.”
He cast one last look before they headed to the trail at the opposite end of the parking lot.
She definitely has a nice ass.
Must be all that granola she probably ate.
He could only imagine what her house looked like. She probably had those hanging beads instead of doors, and crystals and incense everywhere. Hell, he wouldn’t be surprised if she had a crystal ball sitting on her coffee table.
“You two sure seemed to have a lot to talk about,” Bri giggled.
He snorted. “Yeah, because we havesomuch in common. She deals with people’s auras, and I deal with their aortas. I mean, it’s practically the same thing, right?”
But she wasn’t some vapid flower child. She obviously had a good business head on her shoulders to have three massage studio locations. What he’d liked most about her, though, was she’d been spunky and not taken his shit. Right now, it seemed everyone cowed to him the second he started to glower. He’d found it oddly erotic she hadn’t. And, he had to admit—begrudgingly, she’d made some solid points with her arguments.
Brianna rolled her eyes. “You’re kind of a snob, Dad.”
“I’m not a snob.”
“Yeah, you are,” Kailey interjected before leaning down to tie her shoe. She popped back up and added, “And a grumpy one at that.”
“Am not,” he grumbled as they headed to the trail.
“I thought you were going to pepper spray her or her dog,” Kailey mocked.
“I didn’t know if her dog was dangerous. I wasn’t going to take any chances. Can you imagine what your mother would do if I called to tell her that her daughters were attacked by a dog under my watch? Can you say,court-supervised visitation?”
“It wouldn’t have been your fault. How could you have prevented that?”
“I’m your parent; it’s my job to. Period. And that’s how a judge would see it, too.”
“Dad…” Kailey’s tone was wiser than it should be for her fifteen years. “You need to relax and stop assuming the worst. And not just about us. Abouteverything.”
“I don’t do that.”
“Yes, you do,” Brianna chimed in. “When I wanted to go to the mall with my friends, you made me put the location app on my phone in case I got kidnapped.”
That hadn’t been the main reason he had her put the location tracker on her phone. He’d wanted to make sure she didn’t leave the mall without telling him and go get into trouble.
Which, when he paused to consider it, was unfounded and unfair. Neither of his girls had ever given him an ounce of strife—even after the divorce, when kids notoriously acted out.
“I just worry. I don’t know what I’d do if anything were to happen to either of you.”
“We worry about you, too, Dad. We want you to be happy.”
