“We’ll talk later.”
No reason to bring it up now. He still hadn’t given his parents the final decision, but he could tell by the look in his father’s eyes, everyone knew what it was going to be.
Buying something here would put down roots they wouldn’t have expected. It’s not like he was going to continue living in his childhood room.
His plan was to look for apartments at some point. All his shit was sitting in a storage pod in the other driveway to the second garage next to his parents’ house.
“The Easter Bunny left eggs here for you too, Mav,” his father said. “Can you find them?”
He laughed over the excitement in his father’s voice. The grandkids had been good for his parents.
“Eggs,” Mav yelled. “Eggs.”
He’d only seen the toddler twice before, but Mav didn’t seem to hesitate to come over to him and tug on his pant leg to follow him into the living room.
“Guess I need to help,” he said.
“Make sure you leave some for him,” Jocelyn said. “Don’t hog them all like you did as a kid.”
“Fine, I’ll only look for two.”
He chased his sister’s future stepson into the living room to begin the search, all the while wondering if Archer had found his eggs this morning.
Did he still believe at eight? Shit, he better find that out so he didn’t slip. A good excuse to text Farrah later.
“Oh my God,”Stacy said to Diane and Carolyn Fierce later that night on the phone. “I hadn’t expected Jocelyn and Chance to get engaged so quickly, but she ran in to show me the ring right before dinner.”
“When it’s right, it is,” Diane said. “As our kids get older, they move faster. Time is ticking.”
“I know,” Stacy said. “I’m so excited for Jocelyn. She really loves Maverick as her own, but she told us today no long engagement. As fast as she can plan it, it’s happening. She wants a baby of her own.”
“Good for her,” Carolyn said. “Your house will be overrun soon enough.”
“Which leads me to something else. My other son, Jayce.”
“What about him?” Diane asked.
“I might need some help where he is concerned. I have to figure out what is going on in his life, but when the time is right, I hope you’ll give me some advice.”
“We’re your ladies,” Carolyn said.
12
ALWAYS CONSIDERATE
“Morning,” Jayce said at seven on Wednesday.
It wasn’t getting any easier to see Jayce first thing in the morning.
Her third morning opening the door to his handsome face.
Listening to her son gush about how much fun the two of them were having all day either.
Day one had been mini golf, lunch, then bowling. When Farrah came home, Jayce had dinner on the table. Said that Archer helped him make it. Her son wanted to see if Jayce’s burgers were as good as what he bragged about.
Had she ever come home to dinner on the table? Nope. Never once in her life. Ever.
That it was done the first day and her son was boasting he’d helped just melted her heart.
