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“My dad asked me a while ago if it would be okay for him to start dating again,” Mia said as she looked at me.
A wave of panic raced through me. Does she know that I’m seeing her dad?
“I think he’s ready to get out there and try again. It makes me feel better about maybe moving away from Blackwater. I didn’t want to leave him here alone, but if he’s ready to start seeing someone, maybe he won’t be as lonely as he has been.”
“You’re okay with him dating again?” I swallowed the lump in my throat and hoped I didn’t look guilty.
“It’s not the easiest shit I’ve ever thought about, but I know Mom would want him to move on again and be happy.”
“What if you don’t like the woman he’s with?”
Mia shrugged before lifting her hands and swaying to the music. “I don’t think I get much of a choice in it. My dad isn’t the kind of man who would date a woman if he didn’t think it was serious.”
I nodded. “That makes sense. He seems pretty rational.”
“He is.” Mia grinned and stopped dancing long enough to finish her beer and crank the music louder.
She took my hands in hers, spinning us around in rapid circles as we laughed and danced the way we used to when we went to parties at the university.
With our lives changing so rapidly, I wasn’t sure how many more nights like this we would have.
I planned to make the most of it while I could.
“You know, I never thought I would feel this way about another person after my wife died,” Brett said as we danced beneath the stars.
There was a dull glow from the fire a few feet away, and the salt breeze made my hair curl. Brett’s arms were wrapped around my waist, and I had mine looped around his neck.
Our bodies were pressed together, making my heart beat faster.
“Mia knows that I’m dating somebody,” he said softly as he spun me around in a slow circle to the beat of the music. “I didn’t tell her who, but I didn’t want to keep lying to her about whether or not I was seeing someone.”
“We’re going to have to tell her soon.” I sighed and leaned my head on his chest. “Just imagine what would happen if she woke up and came out here right now.”
“I know. I’m tired of keeping our relationship a secret, especially from her. But, now that we’re having a baby, I think we need to tell her before you start showing.”
I nodded and looked up at him with a small smile. “That one would be hard to explain.”
He chuckled. “Only a little bit.”
“I don’t know how to start that conversation with her.”
“Well, it usually starts when two people love each other very much.”
I laughed and shook my head. “Shut up. I’m not having a sex talk with her. We were friends at university. She knows more about my sex life than she ever needed.”
The corner of his mouth tilted upward. “You were the one who asked.”
“And now I regret asking.” I smiled as I shook my head. “I can’t believe that I’m going to be a mom. I thought I would accomplish so many other things before I ever thought about having children.”
“Do you regret it?”
“No.”
“For what it’s worth, I think you’ll be a great mother to our baby.”
Warmth spread through me as he held me a little tighter.
“Sometimes, I worry about how good of a mother I could be. I have all these things I want out of a career, but people like to say that you can’t be a mom and have it all.”
