“Of course. I’d be happy to have a sleepover with Mia.”
Mia squeals.
“She can play with Marvel, and we’ll make a pajama party out of it.” I look at Lexy, who is beaming. “I love pajama parties!” she says.
“All right then, looks like you’ll have the whole weekend with Marvel and Lexy. How about that?” Summer asks Mia.
She nods, gets up, and hugs me. Then she turns to Lexy, hugs her, and Lexy lifts her onto her lap while they start planning everything.
I find myself smiling at the picture of Lexy and Mia getting along.
“I really like her…” my mama whispers in my ear.
I turn to her and find her smirking.
“Don’t get any ideas. She’s just my employee,” I tell her, knowing that look too well.
“You sure about that?”
She looks smug, and I grind my teeth.
I check the time and notice it’s gotten late. Lexy and I start our shift in half an hour.
“Tinker, I think we need to go.”
Lexy looks at her phone, sees the time, and stands up.
But not before Ethan notices my slip-up.
“Tinker?” His smile is pure evil.
I hold back a groan as I regret calling her that.
“He calls you Tinker?” Cas asks Lexy.
She just nods, her eyes searching mine in confusion.
“Oh man, you’re so in trouble,” Ethan laughs out loud.
Cas smiles like a Cheshire cat, and even Jude smirks.
Fucking assholes.
“We gotta go.”
I stand up but only make it two steps before Ethan speaks again. “You know… Dex was obsessed with Peter Pan as a kid,” he tells Lexy.
Her eyes find mine, a question in them.
“So?” I ask, making sure Ethan knows he’ll pay for this.
“He watched Peter Pan after school every day. We had to destroy that DVD, and then he somehow got a new one. Remember that?” Cas asks Jude, who just nods.
“And you want to know the best part, Lexy?” Ethan smiles like the cat that just saw his prey.
Lexy looks from me to him and back again.
“He was in love with Tinkerbell.”
