Page 123 of Family Bonds- Kelsey & Van

“You like it here more than Boston?” he asked.

“Absolutely. I had fun there. I want to say there is a better chance of finding a mate there, but look at this. I found one on the island.”

It was the grin on her face. “I think it’s more I found you.”

“However you want to think of that,” she said. “I’m not arguing.”

They were at his house. She got out of work and picked up Frankie and then came over to stay for the weekend. He didn’t even have to worry about working on Sunday now.

Tomorrow the two of them were going to clean out some of the items from the storage unit. He decided to put some in the house.

Maybe the touch of antique would help things from being so sterile.

Or it could be more that he was starting to feel like he wanted a piece of his grandfather here.

There’d been a few things he’d found that were his mother’s. A dresser that had been in her room. It probably had no monetary value other than it was sentimental.

No way a man could hold onto those things if he wiped his hands of his daughter or didn’t want to try.

“What do you want for dinner?” he asked.

She laughed. “You always do that. Change the subject on me when I say things like that about our relationship.”

“Dinner?” he asked, winking at her.

“How about I cook?” she said. “I don’t want to eat out. We do that too much.”

“I hardly ever eat out,” he said. “You’re the one getting meals from your brother several times a week.”

“Don’t be jealous. I could call and order from him and go get it. Do you want to do that?”

He saw the hopeful look on her face. “Only if we pay. I don’t like you doing that and getting things free. Or you can, but I don’t like it for me.”

“Fine,” she said. “We’ll pay. What do you want? Another steak?”

“Will he do that as takeout? Won’t it be cold by the time it gets here?”

“I’m sure it will be fine, but why don’t we get something Italian? That travels well.”

She pulled up the menu on her phone and handed it over, then she placed the order.

“You just want Frankie to get some dinner too,” he said.

The puppy was chasing a ball around the house. Frankie didn’t seem to mind going from house to house. As long as the puppy was sleeping with its master at night, he didn’t seem to care.

“Frankie likes Duke’s food too. It’s not going to take long. It’s ten minutes away so I’ll leave in fifteen minutes. You can stay with Frankie if you want.”

“Sure,” he said.

“How about a movie tonight?” she asked.

“We can do that,” he said. “Want to watch it in the movie room downstairs?”

“I do,” she said. “That’s why I asked. We haven’t done that yet. We know you’ve got plenty of snacks. Maybe I’ll leave now and stop to get some candy. Can’t watch a movie without popcorn and M&M’s. You don’t have that in the house.”

She grabbed her keys and was out the door before he could say anything else.

“Just you and me, Frankie.”

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