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“Thank you for making breakfast.” She already hit brew on the coffee, so the pot was full. I filled my mug while Addy went back to her spot on the chair.
“Addy gets up early, and she was hungry.”
“I like seeing you in my kitchen.” I cooked eggs, but I didn’t make any extra effort to make bacon or pancakes when it was just me here. If I wanted a spread, I’d go to Mom’s. She usually kept the extras on hand in case we stopped by for breakfast.
Sarah flashed me a smile. “Thanks for letting us sleep here last night. We were both really tired.”
“Anytime.”
“Mom, can I have a sleepover with Ember here? Knox said that it was Ember’s room I slept in.”
“I told you we’ll see. You’re a little young to be having sleepovers.”
“It will be so much fun.”
“What if you can’t sleep, or you miss me?” Sarah asked her with a pointed look.
“You can stay here, too. Like you did last night,” Addy said without skipping a beat.
I wondered if Addy knew her mother had slept in my bed last night. Knowing Sarah, she was probably careful and woke before her daughter did.
“We’ll talk about it later.”
“Can I watch TV?” Addy asked, and when Sarah looked to me for approval, I nodded.
“Go ahead.”
“Yay,” Addy said, as she scrambled off the chair and raced toward the living room.
“Does she need help?” I asked, gesturing the way she went.
“She can figure out a remote. She’s better at technology than I am.”
“You know, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have Ember and Addy over one night. It would be a good place to test it out. We’d be here in case she got lonely.”
She flashed me a smile. “It’s a good idea. But I’m not sure I’m ready for sleepovers. Playdates are one thing. I mainly stick around for those, but soon, she’ll want to be dropped off.”
I chuckled. “She’s growing up.”
Sarah flipped the pancakes. “Don’t you have to get to work?”
“Heath is covering for me, but yeah, eventually, I’ll need to relieve him.”
I checked to ensure Addy couldn’t see us from her spot on the couch and wrapped my arms around Sarah. She leaned into my chest as I tucked my chin into her neck.
“You smell good.” Like chocolate and dough.
“Mmm. Thank you for last night.”
“No need to thank me. I enjoyed it.”
She moved so she was facing me and wrapped her arms around her neck. I couldn’t resist the draw of her lips, lowering my head to kiss her.
When she drew away to check the pancakes, she said, “I could get used to this.”
“Me, too,” I said honestly. “My house has just been me for so long. And I thought I liked it that way. But now that you and Addy are here, I don’t know if I can go back to the way it was before.”
She patted me with a palm on my shoulder. “You’re going to have to. We can’t be here all the time.”
