Page 8 of Daddy's Little Mama Bear

"Alice," he nodded his head at her.

She was a nice girl and had worked for them as the receptionist since they first opened. She wasn't the only one who worked the front desk, but she was the one they all trusted the most. She knew what she was doing and didn't have to ask manyquestions. It was nice not having to be asked several questions a night about memberships and people wanting to get in.

"I thought you were taking the day off," Finn said as he walked up to him.

"I was," Mac replied. They made their way towards his office. He didn't know what Finn wanted to talk about.

"Let me guess, Janie left her house and you had nothing to do," Finn said.

Mac stopped in front of his desk and turned around. How did he know what he was doing?

"Don't give me that look. Every owner knows what you're doing when you take a day off or work from home," Finn said. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. That's why we said it was okay for you to work from home and didn't ask any questions."

"Since when?" Mac asked.

"Since the beginning."

Mac let out a sigh. He thought it was pretty clever when he said his sister needed help with her kids. And sometimes it was true, but most of the time it wasn't.

"Don't worry. No one else knows but us," Finn said. "Not that it would matter. Anyone with two eyes could see what you were doing."

"Fuck."

Had Janie figured out what he was doing? Was that why she was pushing herself away from him and pretending like she didn't see any of the hints he dropped.

"Oh, Janie doesn't know," Finn said. "Everyone with two eyes can see, but not her."

Mac didn't know how to feel about that. Part of him was relieved, but the other part wanted her to know, so she knew he was looking out for her.

"On the topic of Janie," Finn sat down in the chair. "How is she doing? That was really out of character for her to do that."

Mac sighed and sat down behind his desk. "I haven't been able to ask her about it. Her daughter was with her when I saw her today and they looked like they were going somewhere. I didn't want to hold her up," Mac said. He didn't know why he was telling Finn about that. It wasn't any of his business.

"Something was definitely off though," Mac said. "Something has been off for a while and I want to figure it out." He mumbled the last bit to himself.

Finn nodded his head and leaned back in his chair. "So are you ever going to make a move on her?" Finn asked.

"Is this interrogation time?" Mac asked. "Is everyone dying to know what has happened?"

Finn raised his hands. "Nothing that you say is leaving this room. I was just curious, but if you don't want to talk about it, then you don't have to."

Mac sighed. "Shit. Sorry. I'm just worried about her."

"So?" Finn asked, pushing him to answer the question.

He said he didn't have to talk about it, but Mac knew Finn. He wanted to know and was going to ask until he finally got the answer he was looking for.

"No, I haven't made a move. She has a child," Mac said. "She's super protective of her daughter and I just met Ellie today after being her neighbor for years."

Finn looked at him and blinked several times.

"I don't want to push her into something she doesn't want. I don't know what all she has going on but being a single mom is no joke," Mac said.

"Yeah, isn't your sister a single mom?" Finn asked.

"Yes, she is. I help when I can. I have no doubt Janie is going through what my sister did. Maybe not exact but similar."

"So, are you going to walk out on them?" Finn asked.

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