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“You’ll let up after the baby is born, right?”
“Probably not. Best you get used to it.” I didn’t know why I was a ball of nerves today. Maybe it had to do with all the baby gifts from yesterday. Reality was setting in. I would be a father soon, responsible for an innocent life, and I wanted to be the best dad ever.
Shelby put her hands on her hips but didn’t question me. Her protruding belly called to me.
I placed my hands on either side, getting as close as possible until we were belly to belly, and I whispered, “I love you.”
“Love you, too. Better get going.” Her cheeks turned pink as Buster watched us with a dorky grin.
“Right.” I released her and backed away. Or I might never leave her. “Everybody understands the plan, right?”
Shelby and Buster nodded.
“Good. The guys and I will be back around one for lunch. But don’t cook anything. There are plenty of leftovers from the shower for us to eat.”
“Yes, honey.” She began loading the dishwasher.
“I’m riding Phantom to the building site. Buster, you take the truck out. I have a bunch of building materials I picked up this morning to unload.”
“Yeah, boss.”
I stole a quick kiss and left out the back door.
The hours always passed quickly when I worked on our dream house. Graves and Boone were out helping me today. I had a steady rotation of volunteers who would come out and allthey requested was beer. And they worked hard. I was grateful to them.
At the sound of my pickup approaching, I put down the hammer and stalked out to meet Buster.
“Hey, you’re early.” I checked the time.
“Yeah, Martina is coming earlier, so I could get out here sooner.” Buster grinned.
“What’re you smiling about?”
“Shelby gave me a kiss on the cheek.”
“Seriously? You little shit.” I chuckled and tore off his ball cap and threw it at.
Graves and Boone roared, laughing.
“Hey, it was all her, not me.” Buster held his hands up like he was innocent. I didn’t doubt he was only on the receiving end of my wife’s affection. “She even sent snacks. She’s coolest.”
“Yes, she is.” And I was damn thankful to call her mine.
We went back to the site and got straight to work, talking and laughing.
“When are you going to find your own woman? So you can stop gawking at mine.” I teased Buster.
“Are you jealous?” Graves smirked.
“Hell, I’d be jealous if some young dude with unlimited amounts of testosterone was after my woman,” Boone taunted me.
“Ya both are so fucking funny.” I stood and gave them the bird.
“Well, to be honest I have a girl I’m interested in,” Buster said nonchalantly.
We all stared at him.
“Jenny is her name, and she’s amazing.”
