“Holy shit, she’s gorgeous! And Ihaveseen her. She was in a commercial, right? It was for Star Coffee. I swear that was her!”
He smiles. “Yup, that’s my baby sister.”
“Damn. That’s so awesome. I hope I get to meet her one day.”
“She’s coming for Christmas and she’ll be staying with us for two weeks. Lila and the kids are so excited.”
“I am too.” I chuckle.
“What time are we leaving?”
“As soon as Valentino gets home. I think an hour or so?”
“Okay sounds good. When he gets back, I’ll head home for a bit to say bye to Lila and the kids.”
I nod at Hollis. I still haven’t gotten used to having him around all the time. And I’m sure he’s not used to it yet either. Yesterday he brought Lila with him and that made the day go by faster. I love watching them together, all the men in the family love their women so much. And they treat them like queens. Valentino treats me that way too. Now I know where he learned it.
Valentino
I’m really excited to get Leighton and Davis packed up and back to Lake Renegade. I know leaving Davis is hard for her, but he’s in the best hands possible. My mam is so excited to have time with him.
Yesterday and today I had to go back to my normal duties, which is being with Isabella. She’s almost done with school, just one more year. Amante and I spend a lot of time standing around watching people. There are some strange ones on campus.
“You sure you’re okay coming with us this weekend?” I ask Amante.
“Of course. If there’s more of us, it’ll go by faster, that’s always a perk.”
I chuckle. “I appreciate it. I know Leighton is having issues with leaving Davis. But Mam is so excited to take him for the weekend.”
“Yeah she’s been hinting to me about babies. Charmaine says she’s ready if I am.”
“And are you?” I ask him.
“Yeah, I’m ready whenever it happens.” He smiles.
Amante and Charmaine got married a few months ago. He smiles more since he met her and now I get why. Because I’m pretty sure I’ve been smiling more too.
“So when are you going to ask Leighton to marry you?” Amante laughs.
“We’ve only know each other for a week. Too fast?”
“Nope. You should know this by now.”
“I want her to get settled in first. Then I plan on asking her.”
“That’s what I thought.” He smiles.
“Yeah, yeah.” I laugh.
We see Isabella and Luciana coming out of their classes.
“Ready to head home?” I ask them.
“Missing Leighton?” Isabella teases me.
I roll my eyes at her and start walking to the cage we bring every day. Traffic sucks and it takes us a little longer than usual.
“Are you guys going to be gone till Sunday?” Luciana asks.