“Here you are, ma’am.” A drink appeared in front of me before I could even get truly annoyed.
“Thank you.” I removed my hand and tilted my head when I saw who handed it to me. “I don’t recognize you—are you new?”
“Yes ma’am. I’m Amy.” She nodded and leaned against the bar. “Joaquin hired me last week.”
“Oh, I do recognize you.” I sipped my drink and smiled. “You used to work here—well, when it was Hal’s Pub.”
“Yeah, I left Chicago for a little while. Viking Developments bought my house, so I was able to spend some time traveling.” She shrugged. “It was a nice vacation, but this will always be my home.”
“I should have never let Joaquin take paternity leave.” I looked around Club Endless Fantasy and grumbled under my breath. “He knows I can’t run this place without him.”
“I think you would have had to fire him.” Amy snickered and smiled. “He loves that baby girl to death—her mama too.”
“Yes, that he does.” I chuckled and sippe
d my drink again. “So, tell me. Are you married? Single?”
“Me?” Amy scoffed. “Oh, I’m never getting married.”
“Why not?” I leaned closer and tried to read her face as she spoke.
“Just—not my thing.” She shook her head quickly. “Besides, I haven’t really found anyone that I feel a connection with.”
“As it so happens—connections are my specialty.” I reached over and picked up my tablet. “Why don’t you tell me a little about yourself.”
Epilogue
Gina
“No, Jabba! Hannah’s toes are not your chew toys!” I pushed Jabba away from the crib and quickly inspected my daughter’s toes for damage.
“He’s not trying to bite her, he’s trying to groom her.” Irwin walked in and chuckled. “He just wants to make sure his little sister is clean.”
“She’s clean. I know—I just changed her diaper.” I turned my head towards Irwin. “Interesting how you suddenly vanish when it’s time to do diaper duty.”
“Oh, well—Joaquin and I…” A guilty look spread across Irwin’s face.
“Yeah, exactly—you were both missing.” I stood up from the crib and glared at him. “You’re going to have to start pulling your weight around here, buddy.”
“I changed her diaper yesterday.” He nodded quickly. “You can ask Joaquin, he helped.”
“I helped what?” Joaquin walked into the bedroom and immediately reached for Hannah.
“You’re about to help wake her up.” I slapped his hand away. “She’s finally sleeping. I swear, nobody wants her to sleep but me!”
“We’re here!” A loud voice called out from the living room.
“Well, Hannah isn’t going to get any sleep now, is she? Aunt Harmony is here.” Joaquin reached down and picked up Hannah before she could wake up.
“I wanna see the baby!” Luke came running down the hallway and nearly collided into Joaquin as he turned the corner.
Yep, this is my life now—and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
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