“And you’re thinking Disneyland?” he deadpans.
“What? It’s the happiest place on earth. Why wouldn’t we go there?”
“It’s not very romantic.”
My lips tilt up to one side. “I don’t need to romance this girl like that. We’ve already got that in strides. I want to take her somewhere to see the world, not just the inside of our hotel room.”
“So, I ask again … Disneyland?” He laughs.
I push him away. “Stop talking shit about my idea. You don’t know her. I think she’ll love it.”
He stands to pour his own cup of coffee. “Whatever you say.”
I flip him off without looking up from my phone when a text message comes from Kara.
Heather said I can have Monday off, so I’m free to go!
Hell yeah! I’m booking it now.
She texts back a heart emoji, and I send her a kissy-face one back.
“Oh God. He’s sending kissy-face emojis now. We’re doomed,” Atta says, looking over my shoulder.
I turn to smack him just as our tones sound above us for the first call of the day. Sliding my phone back into my pocket, I jump off my chair and get to work.
14
Kara
Silas textedme when he got off, just to say he had a long night and he was going home to crash. Now, I’m on my way to pick up Lana and Katy from school, and my phone rings with him calling.
“Silas awake,” I state as my hello.
He laughs in question. “What?”
I giggle as I say, “That’s what Katy used to yell from her room when she woke up from her nap as her way of asking us to get her out of her crib.”
“Well then, yes. Silas awake. Now, come back to my crib.” He chuckles.
I laugh even louder. “Cute, but I can’t. I’m on my way to pick up the girls.”
“When are you off?”
“Not until seven.”
“Then, you’ll come over?”
I smile even though I know he can’t see me. “Yes, then I’ll come over.”
“Great. Bring your guitar too. I want to hear you play.”
Now, a tear comes to my eye. I never thought I’d find a guy who would support my music career as much as he does.
“Okay. See you then.”
“Bye,” he says in a sexy voice that makes my chest tight.
I pull up to the girls’ school, find a place to park, and walk to Katy’s class because she gets out first.
