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nodded at me and with that
I guess the conversation was over. “You bringing your girls by this weekend
right?”
    “Wouldn’t miss it, Holly’s
already looking forward to destroying your place.” My daughter’s an angel but
for some reason whenever she gets around Jake’s kids she turns into the
Tasmania devil or some shit. I never knew little things that size could do so
much damage but there you have it.
    “I got them one of those bouncy
house things that I staked into the ground in the backyard they can destroy
that shit and please heaven leave my shit alone.”
    “Good luck with that. What about that other thing everything
still on?”
    “They’ll be there.”
    We exchanged bullshit small
talk for a little bit before he headed back out.

Chapter 9

 
     
    The next
morning as the others showed up, we headed for our respective homes and women.
Some of the guys had families of their own that they needed to get back to. I
wondered if Lily would be up waiting for me as she’d been doing every morning
for the past week and a half. No matter how much I told her not to do that shit
she didn’t listen.
      She had her own shit to take care of
since she’d opened her own private practice, and I didn’t want her losing sleep
over me, and fucking up her shit. That little lady thought she was super woman
or some shit but I wasn’t about to have her running herself into the ground.
    I don’t think
I’ve had anyone worry and fuss over me the way she does since my mom. She just
has that natural nurturing thing going on and I’m man enough to admit to
enjoying that shit every now and again. It’s not cool to compare the two but
the difference between Lily and Deanna couldn’t be more glaring. I know now
that Deanna was a selfish self- centered man-eater who was thrilled at the idea
of fucking a cop; something about a man with a gun did it for her.
    There’s no
telling if she would’ve cheated had I not left the force or not or if that was
in her all along, but what I do know is that once was enough. “Speak of the fucking
demon.” I was not at all pleased to see Deanna’s car outside my place so early
in the morning. Anytime I had to deal with her ass was bad but this early could
only spell trouble.
    I hopped off
the bike and took off my helmet before running my hand over my head. Holly was
okay or she would’ve called me instead of sitting out here like this. Walking
over to the car I schooled myself for whatever bullshit she was going to throw
my way today. Coming up on the back passenger side I bent down to the window to
see my kid. Her bright half sleepy smile was all I needed to reassure me that
my little princess was okay.
    Deanna saw me
and got out of the car while I helped Holly out of the car seat. She clung to
my neck in that way that made my heart hurt, and made me wish I could be there
for her always. I brushed the momentary sadness aside and headed for the house.
No point in going there, I just have to make it up to her in other ways.
    I put her down
on the top step before turning to her mother to see what it was that she
wanted. She pulled on my pants leg to get my attention.
    “Dad did you see Stephanie?”
That’s what she was trying to say but it came out in her baby speak. “Yeah
princess I saw her, you’re gonna see her again this weekend when we go to
Jake’s.
    “Yeah.” She
squealed and clapped her hands in glee making me smile in wonder. Sometimes it
was hard to believe that I had done this, that she was actually a part of me.
Fucking miracle.
    Her mother was
twitching from foot to foot and huffing. What the fuck was her problem now?
Ever since her last attempt to crawl back into my bed and I’d rebuffed her ass
she’s been getting worst and worst. I ignored her ass and concentrated on my
kid.
    “Give me a
minute lil bit let me tell Lily I’m home.” I opened the door and walked in, the
scent of coffee and breakfast hit me as soon as I got through the door. I found
her in the