Page 124 of Promises We Meant to Keep

So this must be Nathalie’s kid. She was the only one who had one child while each of the other two families had two kids. “You know, even when my brother was little, I didn’t want to be his sister sometimes. Especially when he was loud and trying to get me into trouble.”

Alaric laughed wildly. “Leon tries to get me in trouble all the time.”

“Oh, no. That’s not good.”

“Especially at school.”

“Alaric?” Greer called, her voice quieter than it should have been.

Kamryn took the opportunity. “Alaric, let me finish talking to Greer, will you?”

“Sure.” He climbed out from wherever he had climbed into and handed the phone over to a frazzled Greer. “He’s a cutie.”

“Most days.” Greer sighed and pushed her hair away from her face. “There’s no school today.”

Kamryn glanced at her computer and all the emails that had come in. “So you have all five kids today?”

“I do, and it’s been chaotic since the twins woke up. Then again, it’s always chaotic.”

That must be her new word of the week, but Kamryn wasn’t going to mention anything about it. “I’ll let you get back. Call me tonight if you want to. I’d like to talk to you without little ears that can hear everything.”

“That sounds amazing. Maybe a video call date later?”

“Absolutely.” Kamryn looked at the screen and smiled at Greer. “Let me see if Elia was planning anything tonight and then I’ll let you know if I can.”

“Planning something?”

Kamryn shrugged. “I’m not sure. We haven’t had a second to compare schedules in a while.”

“Sure.” Greer laughed when there was another crash. “Crap.”

“Catch you later, Greer!” Kamryn hung up without waiting for a response. Greer had bigger fish to fry.

Kamryn spent the rest of the day in her office working, trying to ignore the fact that her interview had only happened a few short hours ago.

The knock on her door wasn’t the knock of her administrative assistant. When Kamryn looked up, she wasn’t surprised to find Elia filling the doorway. “You didn’t call or text.”

Kamryn winced. “I didn’t want to bug you while you were teaching.”

Elia hummed and walked into the room, not bothering to shut the door. She immediately stepped close to Kamryn and kissed her. “How did it go?”

“Excellent.” Kamryn cupped Elia’s cheeks and pulled her in for another, deeper kiss. “I really do think it went well.”

“Good.” Elia sat on the edge of Kamryn’s desk. “This office won’t feel the same without you in it, you know.”

Kamryn canted her head to the side and squinted. “Are you saying that I won’t get the job?”

“No.” Elia crossed her arms. “I’m saying that you better get the job because this school won’t be the same without you.”

“You said this office.”

“You know what I meant.”

“Maybe.” Kamryn stood up and took Elia by the hand. “Do we have any plans for tonight? I was talking to Greer, and she could really use a drunk video call.”

Elia laughed lightly. “I had thought that I would take you out to dinner, but if you’d prefer to drink with Greer, that can be arranged.”

“Dinner? As in a date?” Kamryn walked over to the wall where she’d hung her jacket that morning.

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