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“I’ll be fine. We only go through areas already cleared by police!” she says with confidence.
“And I thoughtyouwere the fearless one,” Alex says, looking at me sideways.
“Not anymore!” I say nervously.
“Alright, guys, gotta hangup! Love you all!”
“Love you too!” I say.
“I love you, Aunt Bella!” Harlan says while blowing kisses.
“Be careful!” Alex repeats himself.
Bella hangs up and we all sit back on the couch.
“Aunt Bella is so cool!” Harlan interjects, leaving Alex indignant.
“Hey, I thought I was cool!” Alex says.
Alex looks at me with a frown and then he turns back to Harlan, “Time for bed, Harlan.”
“No!” and Harlan turns to me for protection against his father, and I love him for it. “Miss Liv, can you please ask dad to let me play video games?”
I pick him up in my arms and stand, slowly threading my way toward his bedroom.
“Sorry, Harlan, but your dad has the final word here!” I say, holding his little hand as his chagrined little face collapses in defeat. “How about we give you some warm milk and I read you a story, huh?”
“Okay,” he says, despondent and unhappy.
I look for Alex, but he’s already on his way to the kitchen to warm up the milk for his son.
I put him in his pajamas, struggling to fit his leg in and finally helping him get it through the pant leg, and then I let him choose a book for the night.
“Miss Liv?” he asks me, book in his hand, bouncing up and down over his bed.
“What, Harlan?” I look at him with one hand under my chin, controlling the urge to not jump in bed with him.
“I love you, Miss Liv!” he says, dropping down flat on his butt.
“Aw, Harlan!” I offer him my arms for a hug, my eyes tearing up.
And he comes, nestling himself against my chest. When Alex arrives with Harlan’s cup full of warm milk, we are holding each other tightly, me trying to control my tears.
“What happened here?” Alex says, standing close to the bed.
I’m about to answer, when Harlan places a finger over his lips, directed straight at me.
“Secret!” Harlan tells his father, and I shrug, surrendering to his wishes.
“Alright.” Now Alex is the one looking defeated. “Under the covers, otherwise no milk! Now.”
Harlan obliges to Alex’s order in no time. Then it’s warm milk, storybook, brushing teeth, Harlan pretending to fall asleep, and the whole shebang.
Now daddy wants some loving. Alex approaches me, kissing my neck and embracing me from behind, and I’m so tired but I can never say no to this man.
“You lookso hotwhen you are being motherly…” he whispers in my ear. I wasn’t supposed to find that sentence sexy, but somehow, it flatters me immensely.
“I need a shower first, big guy…” I say, almost purring.
