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He grinned and let me go, but not before dropping a kiss onto my forehead.
“See you when you get back,” he said.
I felt something akin to panic hit me.
“Dad,” I said. “You’re not waiting here until Lock gets back.”
He gave me a droll look.
“Of course not,” he lied.
I sighed and stared up at the eaves of the pool house, noticing that the gutters looked in desperate need of repair. Honestly, the whole place did.
But at least it looked cozy and comfortable. Sure, it could use a few coats of paint, and the insides really should get a makeover from the seventies carpet, but it was definitely livable and the kitchen was about twice the size of my apartment—the entire apartment. Though, very outdated and in need of an update as well.
I sighed. “I’ll be back.”
He grunted something out that sounded like ‘I’ll be waiting’ but I didn’t turn around to make sure.
When I arrived at Baby Gaze moments later—and I do mean moments, it was right around the corner and down a street in a residential house that looked like a farmhouse—I blew out a breath of nerves.
Those nerves disappeared when a smiling, older woman with beautiful hair and a body to die for opened the door and said, “Come in!”
I quickly hurried up the path to the house, thinking it would be a great picture for a postcard.
Something in which I told her moments later when I arrived on the front porch to stand in front of her.
She laughed.
“When I bought this place, it was in disrepair.” She held the door open for me to precede her inside. “Lock and Downy really came through. Even Jonah.”
“Jonah?” I asked curiously.
“Jonah is Downy’s brother. Lock’s uncle.” She paused. “He works with him at the police department. He’s actually in the same unit as Lock.”
I nodded. “I understand. I haven’t heard much about the unit. But I saw what he was wearing this morning and…”
Memphis burst out laughing.
“You liked it,” she guessed. “I liked it, too. He looks adorable in it.”
Adorable wouldn’t have been the word I would’ve used.
She understood that too by reading the look on my face.
“I love that.” She smiled. “Come in, come in. Let me show you around.”
I walked with her through the rooms.
The first bedroom on the right was where the examinations would take place. The bedrooms in the back were empty but for some supplies. The one in the very back was where the kitchen and break room was.
“Was this the site of the original kitchen?” I wondered.
She nodded. “Yes.” She pointed to a wall. “We put that wall up, though. Separated the living room from the kitchen. We also added another bathroom using the laundry room.”
“That’s really cool,” I admitted. “I’m very unsavvy when it comes to home improvement. My dad and I worked on my mom’s she-shed…and let’s just say that it came out that I wasn’t all that helpful.”
She started to laugh.
