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“I like golf,” Ty said. “I didn’t think I would. Can we do this again?”

“We can,” Michael said.

“He might have the magic touch,” she said. “Do you golf?”

“I don’t,” he said. “Only for fun, but I don’t even own clubs.”

“Cade golfs,” she said. “I know Cameron has tried it.”

“I’ll have to see if maybe Ty can tag along with Cade at some point.”

“He’d probably love it,” she said. “I know he likes to get out and golf early in the morning before the heat. If he can get out of bed. But with Jordan now, that might be hard.”

“I’m sure he’ll still get out if he takes the kids. But they are at daycare even with the baby home,” he said. “No reason for them to be dealing with three kids since they’ve got to pay for the slots at the daycare anyway.”

“Is that how it works?” she asked. “I wouldn’t know.”

“I get two weeks to take vacation and not pay them,” he said. “If I want to pull him more than that, I still have to pay.”

“Oh,” she said. “I suppose I understand that, but it kind of sucks too.”

“Kids aren’t cheap,” he said. Ty was still watching others golf while he and Kelly were talking and handed in the clubs.

“No,” she said. “They aren’t. Which is why it’s nice to plan if you can, but life doesn’t happen that way, as we know.”

“It doesn’t,” he said. “Are you in a rush to get home today?”

She looked at her watch. It was three. “No,” she said. “I know we didn’t plan on what to do, but I don’t want you to feel as if you’ve got to entertain me and keep me around. No reason to push the whole day on Ty either.”

“I thought for sure you’d want to get ice cream or something,” he said.

“I would love it,” she said. “But didn’t want to bring it up if you didn’t want Ty to have it.”

“Why don’t we go inside and play some video games,” he said. “Ty will love it and it will kill another hour. Then we can get ice cream and see about the rest of the night. He might enjoy watching a movie with us. If you’re up for an animation?”

“I think you just want some company so you don’t have to watch it alone,” she said bumping into him playfully.

“That’s a given,” he said. “But I gave up a long time ago on that too. I can look like I’m watching and enjoying it while my mind is on other things.”

“Like what?” she asked.

“Like my cute girlfriend who is teasing me.”

“Aww, aren’t you just full of sweetness?”

“Now I feel my balls shriveling up inside of me.”

“No reason to feel that way,” she said quietly. “I find it very sexy.”

He squinted one eye at her, but before he could say anything else, Ty came running over. “What are we going to do now?”

“I thought we could go play some games inside,” he said. “Do you want to do that?”

“Yes!” Ty said with a fist pump and ran ahead.

“Good thing you’re so tall so you can keep an eye on him. I can’t see him now.”

“He knows not to go too far ahead,” he said.

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