“Oh, thank God. That would be amazing.”
“Go on and get your little one. We’ll get you taken care of.”
He ran back to his rig and backed it up to my car. I hurried over to the backseat and unbuckled Lily, then hooked the diaper bag over my arm as I slipped the baby out of her straps. Gabby came over and I handed Lily over. “Can you hold her for a sec?”
“Are we getting the baby seat?” Gabby’s eyes widened as she awkwardly took Lily. “Hey, little girl.”
Lily slapped a drooly hand against her cheek. “Asher!”
“Got that one down, kiddo,” I muttered and opened the front door to get my purse. I unhooked my phone and swallowed down a string of curse words. My charger didn’t work. Wonderful. My battery was at ten percent.
I turned it off to keep whatever I had left available and grabbed my purse.
“Dare has a carseat in his tow truck. I’m going to go into town with him.”
“Are you sure?” Gabby’s voice lowered. “I don’t want to leave you alone with some dude.”
“And I don’t want my customers to not get their dinners. It’s fine, truly.”
Gabby bit her lower lip.
“Honestly. His wife is a first-grade teacher. Or she was. Might be on maternity leave like half the town if any of the stories are true. Whatever. He’s a stand-up guy.” I took back Lily and settled her on my hip with a smile then did the bounce-sway thing she liked. Her head thunked onto my shoulder.
“If you’re sure. Keep your phone on you.”
“It’s dead. My car charger isn’t working.”
“Girl, I told you to get one of those extra battery things.”
“I know, but I was rushing around and didn’t take it off the charging station. Whatever, it’s fine. I turned off my phone, but I have a little juice left. If I get into trouble, I’ll call you.”
“I’ll be back to pick you up after I’m done.”
“No, you said you had a thing at the house for your parents.”
“It’s fine. They’ll understand.”
“I’ll call Asher if I have to. I just know he’s wrapped up in meetings until later tonight.”
“I’m coming to get you.” Gabby’s voice firmed. “Then I’ll take you to the house.”
“No, you’re going to go home and take care of whatever it is you had plans to do.”
She gave a dramatic sigh. “Gina has birthdays every year.”
“Oh, geez. No. You will go to your sister’s birthday dinner right after the last delivery.” When she opened her mouth to argue, I pointed at her. “That’s an order.”
“You’re the worst.”
“No, I’m the best. And I want us to seriously talk about doing this thing together. For real.”
“What?” Gabby’s dark eyes went wide.
“We do all the things together, don’t we? This should be included.”
“I don’t know what to say.”
“Say you’ll think about it. Then we’ll crunch some numbers and see what we can come up with. Especially if we’re going to keep getting orders like this.”