Page 128 of A Moment In Time

She stood, then sat in his lap. “I love you, Gage. I hope you know that.”

“I do.” He grinned. “It’s kind of obvious.” She leaned against him and put her head on his shoulder. He kissed the top of her head. “I love you, too.”

She whispered, “It’s kind of obvious.”

Gage laughed. “I think it’s time we take advantage of that girlfriend of the mayor perk.”

She sat up and looked at him. “You are the boss.”

Chapter thirty-six

"Just steer clear of Captain Jack over there."

Gage sat on the edge of the bed. He and Sydney had a very good time last evening. Then they got up and had a late dinner of cereal and milk, some mixed nuts, and two apples. They’d talked until midnight, then went back to bed. It was another hour before they went to sleep, though.

Sydney put a hand on his back. “Where are you going?”

“Someday has arrived.”

She raised up onto and elbow. “What do you mean?”

“You and I are going to open Seth’s treasure box.”

“Are you sure?”

“Get your ass out of bed.”

He put on his clothes, then went into the kitchen. They’d finished off the cereal and the few things he had in his cupboard were not suitable breakfast food. When Sydney came in, he shut the cupboard doors.

“We’re going to need to raid Mom’s kitchen.”

“Will she mind?”

“Of course not. In fact, she’ll insist on cooking for us.”

“She doesn’t need to do that.”

“She loves feeding her kids.”

Sydney laughed. “Okay. I can’t argue with that.”

“You can’t argue with Delaney Calaway about anything. You just say, yes ma’am, and get out of her way.” He opened the canister next to the coffee machine. “Man. I don’t even have coffee.”

“Maybe we should hit the grocery store later.”

“Yeah. We definitely need to do that.” He smiled. “Will you cook me dinner tonight?”

“Of course. That’s one of your perks of me being the mayor’s girlfriend.”

“Hmm. This girlfriend boyfriend thing is growing on me.”

“Well, good. Because I’m not going anywhere.”

“Good to know.”

Ten minutes later, they left the house and drove to his parents’ house. They found Delaney in the kitchen preparing a brisket to marinate for dinner.

“Hey, sweetheart.” Gage kissed her on the cheek and she smiled at Sydney. “How nice to see you, Sydney.”

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