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“You’re right. I should have told you in the beginning, but I wasn’t sure what your reaction would be.” He set down his plate. “Come on, I want you to meet Gary, but be prepared, he’ll probably get a big crush on you. Gary has excellent taste when it comes to beautiful woman.”

Kelly melted against him, and Steve encircled her waist with one arm. Together they crossed the yard.

“I love you,
McCarthy
,” he whispered against her hair.

“It’s a little soon for that.” She loved it anyway.

Gary smiled, his soft face glowing with affection for Steve. “Gary, this is Kelly, Lacy’s mom. The nice lady I told you about.”

“Hi, Kelly. Steve always gets pretty girls.”

“Always?” She raised an eyebrow at Steve.

“You’re the prettiest though,” Gary continued in his slow speech. “She looks like Snow White, doesn’t she, Steve?”

Steve nodded.

“We went to see
Snow White
, didn’t we, Steve?” Gary spotted Lacy ambling across the yard toward them and hollered, “Hi. Lacy!”

Lacy broke into a run, landing in Steve’s arms, her skinny legs wrapping around his waist. “Hi, Gary.”

“Do you want to go fishing today, Steve?” Gary asked with a hopeful gleam lighting his eyes.

Steve set Lacy down and took Kelly by the arm, turning her around to face him. “I love you, Kelly, but it’s important you understand how much I mean to Gary, and how much he’s come to mean to me. I can’t ever let him down. This is sort of a package deal.”

”You’re such a jerk, McCarthy. I’m not exactly solo myself, or hadn’t you noticed?” She nodded at Lacy. “I’m game if you are.”

“Yeah, Steve,” Lacy wiggled between them. “Me and Gary want to go fishing.”

Steve pulled Kelly closer and dropped a kiss on the end of her nose. “I think we might have our hands full with these two.”

Kelly snuggled closer. “And to think we may have started a boy last night,” she whispered. Steve nuzzled her neck and nodded to Lacy then Gary. “So, are you up to fishing, Pearson?”

Kelly stifled a laugh. “I’ll give it my best shot.” She grinned, dropping one hand to her stomach, wondering.

Gary and Lacy jumped up and down, impatient for an answer.

“Please, please,” Lacy begged.

“Okay, okay. We’ll go fishing,” Steve gave Kelly a teasing glance. “But only if Gary will teach Kelly how to cast.”

About The Author

Married more than once, Chris Chegri knows romance. Keeping the marriage going has been the challenge, so she decided to express her romanticism through writing rather than dating. Her passion for humor, travel and foreign cultures has led her to work on a time travel set in Morocco and an East Texas crime novel, both of them humorous. A past member of Sisters in Crime and Romance Writers of America, she mentors several new writers. She lives in Arizona with her current love–her pet cockatoo, Star.

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