Page 75 of A Home for Harmony
Jesus, was everyone going to think that when they saw him with his girlfriend?
He wasn’t even sure when he thought of her ashis girlfriend, but there it was.
“I am Harmony,” she said. “And you’re Scarlet. It’s so nice to finally meet you. I’ve heard a lot about you.”
Scarlet was almost starstruck, and he wasn’t sure why.
Harmony was just a person to him.
Maybe it was a good thing he didn’t know who she was beforehand.
Nah, it wouldn’t have mattered. Or might have made him look more negatively at her. Thinking of that, he was glad he hadn’t known.
“I have heard nothing about you,” Scarlet said. “Dad!”
“I thought you had to work until nine,” he said, looking at his watch. “And then you were going to your mom’s.”
“They let me leave early,” Scarlet said. “It wasn’t busy and it’s supposed to snow soon.”
It was only seven and he knew the weather forecast. Harmony was going to stay the night.
Maybe he was pushing having her here more because he wanted to be caught by his daughter.
Fuck. That sounded like he was a coward on top of it.
“You still didn’t answer why you’re here and not with your mother,” he said. “Does she know you’re here?”
“No,” Scarlet said. “I only came to get my phone charger. I left it here.”
He was damn well going to buy her another one, so she had one at both places, and wasn’t sure why he hadn’t before.
“Come sit down,” he said. “We can talk if you want.”
“Are you really dating?” Scarlet asked when Harmony rejoined him on the couch. “Like I don’t know I’ve ever seen you with a woman before other than Mom.”
He took a deep breath in and let it out.
This was what he was trying to avoid.
“We are dating,” he said. “We have been for about two months.”
Scarlet frowned. “Why couldn’t you tell me?”
“I wanted him to,” Harmony said, smiling. “But I’ve learned your dad is pretty stubborn. And since it’s between the two ofyou and I’ve never known when my father was in a relationship either, it wasn’t much of my say.”
Harmony had only brought it up to him once.
More like picking on him they were going to get caught if he didn’t tell her.
Guess she was right.
“Why didn’t your father tell you when he was dating someone?” he asked.
“Don’t turn this on me,” Harmony said, patting his leg. “We can have that conversation another time. But this is about you and your daughter. I can leave if you want while you talk.”
“No,” Scarlet said. “Please don’t go. I don’t want my father to get mad and think I drove you away.”
His lips were twisting. “I’d never think that, Scarlet. Why would you say that?”
