Page 128 of Time to Bounce

Maven placed the baby in my arms, and I melted.

Lola was the cutest thing I’d ever seen.

As in, no baby could compare.

Sure, I might be partial, but she was just so gorgeous.

The entire Semyonov family agreed with my sentiments. They’d told me so last night when they’d all visited before heading back to Tennessee for a few weeks.

“Oh, I brought you this,” Maven said as she pulled my computer out of her diaper bag. “I went by to get you another change of clothes like you asked and to help the movers know where to put all your boxes and things. Your computer was going crazy with the dings, so I caught it up for you as I left.”

I smiled and put it down on the end of the bed.

Gable squeezed my hand and said, “Boxes?”

My face blushed.

“She moved herself in,” Garnett laughed.

“Someone has to take care of you when you get out of this place,” I flushed, not meeting his eyes.

He squeezed my hand and it was only then that I realized Garnett had let my hand go only for Gable to grab it.

I looked at him and his eyes were gleaming.

Despite the pain, he looked happy to hear the news.

“Good,” he winked. “That solves one thing.”

“What else needs to be solved?” Shayne asked. “I like problem solving.”

“The engagement ring I have in my sock drawer somehow needs to find its way to me. Also…” He paused as I continued to flush, this time a violent red.

“That’s solved already, too,” Shayne giggled.

“Is it now?” he asked, sounding curious. “And how is that?”

“To get all the information without having Garnett and Germaine here to give her permission to hear it, she had to be your fiancée. Surprise.” Ellodie giggled.

I gave him a sheepish smile and picked up my hand. “I was just…”

“Perfect.” His eyes gleamed. “Though maybe when I can get down on one knee, I’ll still ask you.”

“I’ll say yes,” I promised. “I’ll take it off when we get out of here.”

“Absolutely not,” he replied. “You’ll keep that on until you die.”

A feeling of excitement bloomed in my chest.

“Well, what’s the other problem solving?” Mom asked.

His eyes narrowed on the door. “Get rid of that bitch of a sister so Athena doesn’t have to deal with her ever again.”

Maven gasped, and the baby in my arms started to squirm.

Her eyes opened, and her baby blues blinked at me blearily.

“What?” Maven asked, voice deadly calm.

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