Page 35 of Harmless Secrets

“Someone chased us out of our house,” Bridget said.

He looked at her then he squatted down to her level. “That wasn’t very nice. But, you have a new friend and you’re in Hawaii, so that’s good. And, like Princess Alana said, you can go to the pool.”

She smiled at him. “Yes.”

He looked up at Alicia and winked again, then he straightened. “Are y’all ready to go?”

“Got a couple more bags,” Devon said.

“Let’s get off this tarmac,” Micah said. “Devon and I will load up the bags.”

Evan turned and headed to the SUV.

“How’s May?” Dee asked as they followed him.

“Fat.”

“I’m telling her you said that. She’s pregnant with your child, you should be nicer.”

“Too late. I’m in trouble for calling her feet fat. I was showing her concern and told her to call in to work today and take off. You would have thought I ran over her favorite dog or something. Then, she called her father who is now threatening to disown me. So, not sure you telling her that is going to hurt me anymore than that. Her father said something about disowning me because she called to cry to him.”

Dee laughed. “I don’t blame her. May is Evan’s wife and my best friend.”

When they got to the massive vehicle, there were two child seats in the back seat. He easily got Alana settled and turned for Bridget.

“Oh, I can take care of that,” she said.

He shook his head. “No worries.”

He had both girls settled easily, then he sat between them.

“I can sit there, Evan. You don’t look that comfortable.”

He smiled at her. “See, you don’t know me or you would know that as long as I’m surrounded by women, I’m happy.”

She opened her mouth to argue, but Dee shook her head as she took the seat on the driver’s side.

“Let it go. He is really telling the truth.”

Inwardly she shrugged and took the other seat in the second row.

Micah and Devon were there within a few moments, and they were on their way out of the airport. She sat back and watched the lush Hawaiian landscape fly by. She would feel better once they were settled at Devon’s house. She knew there was a lot to be done…and even more they would have to work out. But getting to the bottom of all of this was more important. After that, maybe she and Devon could come to some understanding.

With a sigh, she shook her head. Her brain was just too jumbled to think straight. She would worry about other things once she knew her daughter was safe.

Eleven

Devon and Evan went up to the house first. They surveyed the surrounding area, then Devon unlocked the front door and disarmed the alarm. They walked through house, making sure nothing had been disturbed. When they were both satisfied with the house, Devon started back to the front door.

Evan stopped him.

“Do you need anyone around to help?”

Devon shook his head. “Ali has training, and with this system, we’ll be fine. Besides, May is too far along for you to leave her for too long.”

“Yeah, but there’s always my brother-in-law Danny.”

He thought of the younger man who had a reputation at Rough ‘n Ready for liking older women.

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