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sweet and had even gone to the trouble of apologising for being related for the woman who had broken Radleigh’s heart, and told me that she didn’t have a whole lot to do with her anymore. Jen had got what she wanted; a man with lots of money who gave her some kids, and she was living the high life in New York. Well, good for her. Perhaps I owed her a favour; if it weren’t for her being a cheating skank, Radleigh wouldn’t be mine now. I wouldn’t have had the life I had.
    “How long have you been there?” Radleigh asked, eyeing us. They must have been engrossed in their game for a long time.
    “Just a few minutes,” I told him. “We thought we’d come down and see what you’re up to.”
    Jesse glanced sideways at Radleigh and Bryce. “They’re threatening me. Save me, Leah.”
    Bryce and Radleigh did look kind of intimidating beside Jesse; not because they were in any way a threat to him, but because they were so much bigger. Beside them, Jesse really looked his age.
    We all laughed and I said, “If you mess with the big boys, you’ve got to be prepared for the consequences.”
     

 
    Chapter Five – Superficial Decoration
    Because Kayla had school the next day, Jesse took her home a little after nine thirty, and Bryce left shortly after, leaving Radleigh and I alone again. Jessica was still fast asleep in her crib, so we curled up together on the sofa, him lying behind me, my back pressed to his chest. His arms were wrapped around me, my hands covering his. We’d had a great evening but my mind was still very much focused on the job offer I’d gotten earlier. Based on Radleigh’s earlier mood, I wasn’t sure this was the right time to bring it up, but leaving it any longer would have felt dishonest. We’d sworn that we would never keep anything from each other again; at least nothing that related to us as a couple. This very much fell into that category.
    “I need to talk to you about something,” I said, after mustering up the courage to get the words out. It took a lot because I was almost positive I knew how he’d feel about me going back to work with the Warriors. But the more I’d played it over in my mind, the more sense it made. The more I thought it was worth at least giving it a try.
    “What is it?” Radleigh moved one hand up to my face, lifting my hair back over my shoulder and placing a soft kiss on my neck. I closed my eyes, instantly wanting more just from that slight brush of his lips, but I pushed those thoughts aside. I had to focus.
    “I didn’t just visit you randomly today.” I shuffled my body around so I could face him. This was not a conversation for him to have with the back of my head.
    His eyes narrowed slightly. “What do you mean?”
    “Richard called me. He asked me to go see him.”
    “Why?”
    “Because… he wanted to offer me my old job back. Johnny handed in his notice.”
    “He wants you to come back on the team?”
    I nodded. “He told me to think about it, and I know it’s a huge thing to consider but… I kind of want to go back.”
    His arms loosened around me a little and I sat up. “Full time?” he asked, and again, I nodded.  “I thought you… I mean, we talked about this over and over, Leah. You said you wanted to stay at home with Jessica.”
    “I did. I do. But… it’s just… it’s hard being here all day. Pretty much everyone I know works for the Warriors, and those who don’t work elsewhere. I don’t know any other mums to hang out with yet, so it’s just me and Jessica a lot of the time, and I love that. But sometimes…”
    “What? This isn’t enough for you?” He gestured around the room, as if our incredible house represented everything I should have wanted from my life. Perhaps it should have. And in many ways it did. But when it came down to it, the house was just bricks. What mattered was the people inside it, and if they weren’t happy, everything else was nothing more than superficial decoration.
    I shook my