He gave her more honesty.
“It’s an issue, Lottie.”
“I’m not getting any younger,” she announced.
Outside his time in the Army and on Hawk’s crew, most hislife he’d spent with women.
So on that, he kept his mouth shut.
“And I want kids,” she went on.
He kept his mouth shut on that one too, even if he knew italready with how she was with her nephews, and he liked it a lot.
“Do you want kids?”she asked.
“Yeah,” he answered.
“How many?”
“Two or three.”
“I’m not getting any younger, Mo.”
Well, hell.
Now he was fighting smiling again.
“You aren’t either,” she pointed out.
“Right,” he murmured.
“We’ll work it out,” she declared.
He drew an audible breath into his nostrils.
“We’regonnawork it out, Mo,” sheassured him.
“It’ll break me, you get shot of me.”
Her body turned to stone at his admission, her face did too,and she stared at him.
“You’re a good woman.A class act.Smart.Funny.Love yournephews and show it.They love you back, so much, and you make it safe, so theyfeel free to show it.You got sass.You got talent.You believe in what you doand go all out to be the best at it there is.You’re together.You’re kind toyour friends.And you can cook.I want a shot at that, Lottie.Iwannafind out how much better you can get.But I alreadyhave a clue, andhavin’ that clue, I know, you giveit, then take it away, it won’t be like Tammy.It’ll break me.Now,knowin’ that, where you at?”
She didn’t wait even a beat.
She ordered, “Call Hawk and tell him to work faster.”
Mo no longer had the urge to spank her.
He had other urges and he had to lock himself down in orderto fight them.
It was then he found out she’d take hold of any opportunityshe was given.
Even going after what she wanted when he was weak.
“What happened in Afghanistan, baby?”
“Lost two brothers and killed people who were probablycivilians.”
