Page 100 of Forever Fickle

“Good,” Karen beamed happily. “She needs to take care of herself because that man is lost without her.”

“Don’t we know it,” Harley laughed easily and looked to the side. “Uh oh, someone is requesting the phone. Hang on…”

“Actually…”

Valkyrie and Marisol appeared.

“Hey! How are you two?”

“Three,” Valkyrie corrected, frowning. “I thought someone notified you. Marisol had my son and…”

“What? Lemme see him…” Karen interrupted. “Who was supposed to notify me? I might have gotten an email, but I was so busy with school and well…”

“Go ahead…” Jace urged, grinning.

Karen held up her hand, smiling at Jace… only to see Valkyrie and Marisol exclaim happily, just before the phone was yanked away again and Romeo appeared, beaming.

“Hey! Congratulations, you two!”

“Oh, my goodness,” Dixie exclaimed happily. “I’m making the wedding cake!”

“I’d love that,” Karen smiled tearfully. “I was going to ask you when I got back into town, Dixie. We are really happy right now.”

“What?”

“You are kidding me?”

“My little ‘Him-bo’ is going to marry Karen?”

“You’ve got to quit calling him that, Sutton.”

“Aww Mel, please don’t make me call him Hot Cakes – because he’s seriously not ‘hot’ to me… now Karen might say otherwise but…”

“My first name is Jace,Sutton…” Jace teased, laughing. “I’ll always be your wingman, buddy.”

“That’s my boy!”

“Congratulations to you both…”

“I know Hunter is going to flip his lid…”

“We’ll call him,” Jace promised, smiling at Karen.

“Can I see the baby, Valkyrie?”

“He just went down for a nap… how about you come over when you get back and have dinner with everyone? You can hold Toby and…”

“I’d love that,” Karen smiled.

“I’m gonna need you to take care of my woman for a little longer,” Jace said openly. “My release date isn’t for another year and eight months.”

“Reaper has another four and a half years,” Valkyrie replied. “It could always be worse, brother.”

“Yes, sir, it sure can…” Jace said quietly. “Is Sophie celebrating with you guys?”

“She just left.”

“I’m glad she got out of the house. She’s a quiet one.”

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